title: Surgery for chronic pancreatitis in Zaria, Nigeria.
abstract: Fifteen children and 23 adults with complications of chronic pancreatitis were managed in Zaria, Nigeria from 1971 to 1987. They comprised 26 patients with chronic pseudocysts, 9 with chronic abdominal pain, and 3 with obstructive jaundice. Internal drainage was performed for 22 (85%) of the pseudocysts, with resection and external drainage, respectively, in 2 each. A longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy was performed in a child with juvenile tropical pancreatitis syndrome and biliary bypass was performed in the jaundiced patients. The cause of chronic pancreatitis was known only in 8 (31%) of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Mabogunje
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lawrie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014329:Tropical Climate