Quality of life following acute necrotizing pancreatitis.
OBJECTIVE
The authors examine the quality of life of patients treated for acute necrotizing pancreatitis an average of 37.8 months following their illness.


METHODS
The questionnaire used in the examinations was a version of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) which was adapted to a Hungarian environment and included additional questions regarding the patient's illness. During the treatment of the pancreatic necrosis, prophylactic antibiotic treatment, early nasojejunal feeding, percutaneous peripancreatic drainage, and late surgical necrectomy was used. Postoperatively the lavage of the closed omental bursa was performed.


RESULTS
It was determined that 77.3% of patients considered their quality of life to be good or fair. Quality of life was considered worse in older patients, patients with complaints of abdominal distension and bowel problems, patients who had lost significant amounts of weight since their illness, patients with poor appetite, and patients who were female.


CONCLUSIONS
The long-term result, and the quality of life after acute necrotizing pancreatitis is good.
Szentkereszty
Zsolt
Z
2nd Department of Surgery, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center, School of Medicine Debrecen, Hungary. szentkerzs@freemail.hu
Agnes
Czimbalmos
C
Kotán
Róbert
R
Gulácsi
Szilárd
S
Kerekes
László
L
Nagy
Zsolt
Z
Czako
Danie
D
Sápy
Péter
P
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents