title: Acute necrotizing pancreatitis as a rare complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
abstract: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is considered the standard treatment for most renal and upper ureteral stones. Some centers use ESWL to treat bile duct stones and pancreatic calculi. Although ESWL is generally considered safe and effective, major complications, including acute pancreatitis, perirenal hematoma, urosepsis, venous thrombosis, biliary obstruction, bowel perforation, lung injury, rupture of an aortic aneurysm and intracranial hemorrhage, have been reported to occur in less than 1% of patients. Here, we present an extremely rare case of acute necrotizing pancreatitis occurring after ESWL for a right-sided urinary stone, which was treated by non-operative percutaneous interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. fezaykar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Feza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karakayali
authors.forename: Sinasi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sevmiş
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ayvaz
authors.forename: Ilteriş
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boyvat
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography