title: Results of surgical treatment for acute pancreatitis.
abstract: The results following the surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis in 67 patients are presented. The male:female ratio was 1.5:1; the average age for all patients was approximately 54.5 years. From an etiological viewpoint, biliary pancreatitis was found in 50.7% of the cases, followed by alcoholic (32.8%), idiopathic (7.5%), postoperative (6%) and traumatic (3%) pancreatitis. In most cases drainage operations were performed (92.5%) in conjunction with necrosectomy, whilst resectional techniques were used in five patients (7.5%). The perioperative mortality for all patients was 30%; it was higher among patients operated upon in the first week (44%) than in those whose operation was delayed (12.9%). The extent of organ necroses and the presence of extrapancreatic necroses were of decisive prognostic significance. The findings are compared with data given in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Städtisches Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Klinikum, Wuppertal, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Sons
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors