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A Strategy for the Surgical Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis

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Acute Pancreatitis

Abstract

There is no single test specific for pancreatitis. Therefore, in the patient with upper abdominal pain and hyperamylasemia presumed to have pancreatitis, conditions such as perforated ulcer, and acute cholecystitis must be considered and ruled out. The presence of free air on flat plate and upright of the abdomen will identify 80% of patients with a perforated peptic ulcer. In patients without free air but still suspected of having a perforated peptic ulcer, the matter can be settled with a water-soluble contrast study.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, 4301 X Street, 95817, Sacramento, CA, USA

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  1. Department of General Surgery, University of Ulm, Steinhövelstr. 9, D-7900, Ulm, Germany

    Hans G. Beger MD, FACS (Professor of Surgery) & Markus Büchler MD (Professor of Surgery) & 

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Frey, C.F. (1987). A Strategy for the Surgical Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis. In: Beger, H.G., Büchler, M. (eds) Acute Pancreatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83027-3_33

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