Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
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Velia Di Resta

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• Research Article
  Can We Prevent the Post-Cholecystectomy Recurrent Pancreatitis?
  Author(s): Marco Basile1, Francesca Mazzarulli1, Giuseppe Di Martino2, Velia Di Resta2* and Roberto Lattanzio3  Marco Basile1, Francesca Mazzarulli1, Giuseppe Di Martino2, Velia Di Resta2* and Roberto Lattanzio3 
  
   Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy is an essential part of treatment of so called pancreatitis. It seems a necessary but not sufficient therapeutical act as demonstrated by the biliary still high incidence of post-cholecystectomy pancreatitis. There is no means of knowing which patient affected by biliary pancreatitis with no diagnosable abnormalities of the biliary main tract will develop a recurrent pancreatitis. This study supports the concept that by adding a “clearance” of the biliary tact at the cholecystectomy (so called rendezvous technique), a prevention of recurrent pancreatitis can be obtained. This observational study includes 39 hospitalized patients suffering from an acute biliary pancreatitis episode. None of them had serum bilirubin elevation or jaundice, and 27 had no instrumental evidence of bile duct obstruction while 12 had minor stones in the main bile.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7092.1000140

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