"Idiopathic" acute pancreatitis due to biliary sludge: prevention of relapses by endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy in high-risk patients

Am J Gastroenterol. 2000 Oct;95(10):3008-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.03232.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bile* / chemistry
  • Bilirubin / analysis
  • Cholesterol / analysis
  • Crystallization
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatitis / etiology*
  • Pancreatitis / surgery
  • Recurrence
  • Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic*

Substances

  • Cholesterol
  • Bilirubin