Management of patients after recovering from acute severe biliary pancreatitis.
Cholelithiasis is the most common cause of acute pancreatitis, accounting 35%-60% of cases. Around 15%-20% of patients suffer a severe attack with high morbidity and mortality rates. As far as treatment is concerned, the optimum method of late management of patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis is still contentious and the main question is over the correct timing of every intervention. Patients after recovering from an acute episode of severe biliary pancreatitis can be offered alternative options in their management, including cholecystectomy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and sphincterotomy, or no definitive treatment. Delaying cholecystectomy until after resolution of the inflammatory process, usually not earlier than 6 wk after onset of acute pancreatitis, seems to be a safe policy. ERCP and sphincterotomy on index admission prevent recurrent episodes of pancreatitis until cholecystectomy is performed, but if used for definitive treatment, they can be a valuable tool for patients unfit for surgery. Some patients who survive severe biliary pancreatitis may develop pseudocysts or walled-off necrosis. Management of pseudocysts with minimally invasive techniques, if not therapeutic, can be used as a bridge to definitive operative treatment, which includes delayed cholecystectomy and concurrent pseudocyst drainage in some patients. A management algorithm has been developed for patients surviving severe biliary pancreatitis according to the currently published data in the literature.
Georgia Dedemadi, Manolis Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kalaitzopoulos, Department of Surgery, Sismanoglio-Amalia Fleming Hospital, Melissia, 15127 Athens, Greece.
Georgia
G
Dedemadi
Georgia Dedemadi, Manolis Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kalaitzopoulos, Department of Surgery, Sismanoglio-Amalia Fleming Hospital, Melissia, 15127 Athens, Greece.
Manolis
M
Nikolopoulos
Georgia Dedemadi, Manolis Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kalaitzopoulos, Department of Surgery, Sismanoglio-Amalia Fleming Hospital, Melissia, 15127 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis
I
Kalaitzopoulos
Georgia Dedemadi, Manolis Nikolopoulos, Ioannis Kalaitzopoulos, Department of Surgery, Sismanoglio-Amalia Fleming Hospital, Melissia, 15127 Athens, Greece.
George
G
Sgourakis
D000208:Acute Disease; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D019468:Disease Management; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*
Biliary pancreatitis; Cholecystectomy; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Pseudocyst; Sphincterotomy; Walled-off necrosis
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