title: [Long-term follow-up of acute pancreatitis--significance of cholecystectomy for the biliary form].
abstract: Of 83 patients with acute pancreatitis it was possible to control 79 of them 5-16 years later, 33 on the basis of case histories and 46 personally. In 43 cases (54.4%) it was pancreatitis caused by gallstones. After an operative procedure, there followed in each case an auspicious progress without recurrence. By the patients who were not operated, there was a recurrence rate of 45.5%. In cases of pancreatitis not caused by gallstones the late progress is marked by a high recurrence and complication rate.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Regionalspital Burgdorf.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wüthrich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stirnemann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Küpfer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Langzeitverlauf nach akuter Pankreatitis--Bedeutung der Cholezystektomie für die biliäre Form.