Controversies in clinical pancreatology. Recurrent "idiopathic" acute pancreatitis: should a laparoscopic cholecystectomy be the first procedure of choice?

Pancreas. 1996 Nov;13(4):329-34.

Authors

W M Steinberg¹, J E Geenen, E L Bradley 3rd, J S Barkin

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.

PMID: 8899791

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Bile / chemistry
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholecystectomy*
Cholelithiasis / complications
Cholelithiasis / diagnosis
Common Bile Duct Diseases / complications
Common Bile Duct Diseases / diagnosis
Humans
Laparoscopy*
Male
Manometry
Pancreas / abnormalities*
Pancreatitis / etiology
Pancreatitis / surgery
Pancreatitis / therapy*
Recurrence
Sphincter of Oddi