Idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis successfully treated by hepatic vagotomy.
Idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis and sphincter of Oddi disorders have been increasingly found to be concomitant problems. Treatment of this condition requires disruption of the integrity of the sphincter of Oddi. The case of a 16-year-old girl with sphincter of Oddi motor disorders and idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis who was successfully treated with hepatic vagotomy. This result, if confirmed, could add to our present knowledge of the physiopathology and pathogenesis of sphincter of Oddi motor disorders.
Tocchi
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Ist Department of Surgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
Lepre
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L
Mazzoni
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Liotta
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G
Costa
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G
Agostini
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N
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003137:Common Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000294:innervation; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D009803:Sphincter of Oddi / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014628:Vagotomy