Pancreatitis following intestinal bypass for obesity.
Three out of 24 patients undergoing intestinal bypass in the treatment of morbid obesity have developed acute pancreatitis in the postoperative period. All three had undergone end-to-end jejunoileal bypass. This serious postoperative complication has been infrequently recorded. Its significance and possible aetiological factors are discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts