title: Acute necrotizing pancreatitis complicating surgery for renovascular hypertension. Case report.
abstract: Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is a rare complication of various types of surgery, with a few cases reported after aortic operations. Following renovascular surgery, severe acute pancreatitis developed in three (0.9%) of 332 patients, and was fatal in one case. Various etiologic possibilities are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Lund, General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bergqvist
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weibull
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bergentz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*