Biliary ascariasis in fifteen patients.

Ascarids in the biliary tract may cause cholecystitis, pancreatitis and obstruction of the common bile ducts. We retrospectively evaluated clinical features, radiographic findings and surgical treatment of 15 patients. Obstructive jaundice in eight patients (53.3%), acute cholecystitis in five patients (33.3%), and chronic calculous cholecystitis in two patients (13.3%) had been shown in our series. In four of the patients with obstructive jaundice signs of acute cholangitis were observed. Of 15 patients, two had hepatic abscess besides biliary ascariasis and one had hydatid cyst. In our series, all of the patients were operated on. Choledochotomy and primary closure were performed on six patients (40%), choledochoduodenostomy on six patients (40%), T-tube drainage on two patients (13.3%) and only cholecystectomy on one patient (6.6%). No mortality was determined in our patients.     

Various criteria of prognosis in biliary pancreatitis

An analysis of immediate and long-term results of the surgical treatment of 230 patients with biliary pancreatitis has been made. Mechanical jaundice was found in 90 patients (39.1%). The euristic survival prognosis in biliary pancreatitis is determined by the timeliness of correction of changes in the bile ducts. The immediate post-operative lethality in secondary pancreatitis was 9.1%. Complications within remote periods requiring reoperations took place in 7.3% of the cases. Prognosis of secondary (biliary) pancreatitis is more favorable as compared with the primary (alcoholic) pancreatitis.     

慢性胰腺炎的分型与术式选择

目的 探讨慢性胰腺炎的分型与术式选择及其外科治疗效果。方法 回顾性分析我院外科1983-2004年收治的54例慢性胰腺炎患者的临床资料,并将其分为慢性钙化性胰腺炎及慢性梗阻性胰腺炎两组。结果男性41例(76％),女性13例(24％),平均年龄53．7岁。嗜酒者25例(46％),合并胆石症者21例(39％),原因不明特发性者2例(4％),既往有急性胰腺炎发作者18例(33％)。主诉腹痛者38例(70％),合并黄疸者27例(50％)。慢性钙化性胰腺炎与慢性梗阻性胰腺炎在某些临床表现问存在显著性差异,后者临床表现更趋复杂多样。34例患者分别采用9种不同的手术方式,无围手术期死亡。Puestow手术及胰十二指肠切除可有效地缓解疼痛,并可改善胰外分泌功能,对胰内分泌的影响不大。Puestow手术并行胆肠吻合适于合并胆道狭窄的慢性胰腺炎患者;胰头肿块型胰腺炎以黄疸为主要表现,应行胰十二指肠切除等切除术式,仅行胆道引流减黄效果良好,但胰头病变的演变尚待进一步观察。结论慢性梗阻性胰腺炎临床表现复杂,外科治疗应采用个体化原则。     

The surgical management of impacted common bile duct stones without sphincter ablation

Thirty-two consecutive patients with impacted ampullary or distal common bile duct stones were managed prospectively. Preoperative indications for surgery were obstructive jaundice in 13 patients (40.6%), acute cholangitis in 7 patients (21.9%), biliary pancreatitis in 6 patients (18.8%), acute cholecystitis in 5 patients (15.6%), and chronic cholecystitis in 1 patient (3.1%). No patient had a prior cholecystectomy, and all stones were removed retrograde during cholecystectomy and open-duct exploration. There were no deaths, one retained stone in the biliary radicals, two episodes of mild pancreatitis, one superficial wound infection, and one minor bile leak. All patients have done well on follow-up. This study demonstrated that impacted biliary stones can be consistently and successfully extracted by the supraduodenal approach with minimal morbidity and no mortality, without resorting to duodenotomy and sphincter ablation.     

Deaths from gallstones. Incidence and associated clinical factors.

The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of death as the initial manifestation of cholelithiasis. Records of patients who died or underwent cholecystectomy for gallstone-related disease at Duke University Medical Center between 1976 and 1985 were reviewed. Thirty patients died, six of whom (20%) had previous episodes of biliary pain and stone documentation. Twenty-four (80%) were asymptomatic (three with previous incidental diagnosis of cholelithiasis). Reason for admission included acute cholecystitis (nine), pancreatitis (eight), biliary pain (six), cholangitis (four), jaundice (one), and endocarditis (one). Three patients died of gallstone complications without surgical intervention; one patient had renal failure and two had septicemia. Other causes of death were: sepsis (seven patients), cardiac failure (six), pulmonary complications (four), renal failure (three), cerebrovascular accident (three), liver failure (two), pancreatitis (one), and gastrointestinal bleeding (one). During this period, 1731 cholecystectomies were performed without mortality. In this group, the patients were younger (50 +/- 8 years vs. 64 +/- 13 years, p less than 0.001), and had a lower incidence of cirrhosis (p less than 0.001) and diabetes (p less than 0.002). The sex ratio was inverted (p less than 0.001). This study demonstrates that death from gallstones is uncommon (three cases per year), as is death from their initial clinical manifestation (1.2%). The risk of death is two- and ninefold higher in patients with acute cholecystitis or acute pancreatitis. Age, cirrhosis, and diabetes are important determinants of outcome.     

Incidence and management of biliary pancreatitis in cholecystectomized patients: results of a 7-year study

Data are lacking concerning the frequency of biliary acute pancreatitis in the postcholecystectomy patient. The aim of this study was to identify patients at risk for biliary pancreatitis after cholecystectomy and to describe the therapeutic management of these patients, based on an analysis of 278 unselected patients with acute pancreatitis during a 7-year period. A biliary etiology was presumed in the presence of laboratory findings of cholestasis that could not be explained by another disease, together with the absence of any other known etiology of acute pancreatitis. A biliary cause of disease was found in 132 (47%) of 278 patients. Seventeen (13%) of 132 patients had a history of cholecystectomy. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed in all patients with a suspected biliary cause of acute pancreatitis. It showed bile duct stones, microlithiasis, or sludge in 14 patients, and was consistent with typical findings at the papilla of Vater after stone passage in another three patients. No surgical bile duct exploration was necessary. One patient with severe disease and infected pancreatic necrosis died of septic multiorgan failure. Presented, in part, at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting of The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Atlanta, Georgia, May 20–23, 2001 (poster presentation).     

Acute pancreatitis. Our experience during 20 years]

BACKGROUND: On the basis of personal experience and studies, the importance to diagnose quickly the seriousness of an acute pancreatitis with the help of simple and credible criteria of evaluation is underlined. It's also underlined the help of endoscopic papillosphincterotomy in the initial phase of a biliary pancreatitis; in fact this exam permits to perform a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a second time and reduce surgical trauma. METHODS: Personal experience with 288 cases of acute pancreatitis (AP), during a twenty-year period (1975-1996) is described. In 61% of cases the AP was associated with biliary illness, and in 13% with alcohol abuse. Real important for therapeutic implication and prognostic significance is the classification of severity of acute attack, by using clinical evaluation (pain, fever, jaundice, abdominal tenderness), multiparametric score (i.e. Imrie's score, Ranson's criteria, SAPS or APACHE II score system) and morphological evaluation of the pancreas (echo and CT scan). 151 patients have been admitted at different times to surgery, the cholecystectomy being the more common surgical procedure, with a surgical rate of 52%. RESULTS: The overall mortality has been 7.2%, ranging from 45.4% in 17 severe necrotic haemorrhagic AP to 2.1% for the mild one. CONCLUSIONS: The widespread use of endoscopic retrograde colangiopancreatography (associated to endoscopic sphincterotomy if necessary) and the recent but universally accepted diffusion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy have changed the modern approach to surgical treatment of biliary associated AP, ensuring mininvasive less traumatic surgical procedures.     

Infectious complications in necrotizing pancreatitis

Patients with CT evidence of more than 50 % necrosis, or an increased CRP or procalcitonin are at risk of developing severe pancreatitis and septic complications and should be monitored in an intensive care unit. ERCP and sphincterotomy are indicated in patients with biliary pancreatitis and impacted gall stones, biliary sepsis, or obstructive jaundice. In septic patients with necrotizing pancreatitis, a FNA should be performed for differentiation of sterile and infected pancreatic necrosis. Adequate volume resuscitation and analgesic treatment are the most important treatment of acute pancreatitis. Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces septic complications in severe necrotizing pancreatitis and should be started early. Surgical therapy is indicated in patients with infected pancreatic necrosis. The surgical technique of choice is open necrosectomy with postoperative closed lavage of the lesser sac.     

慢性胰腺炎的外科治疗

目的 改善慢性胰腺炎的外科治疗效果。方法 回顾性分析我院外科1983－2000年收治的34例慢性胰腺炎病人的临床资料，并将其分为慢性钙化性胰腺炎及慢性梗阻性胰腺炎两组。结果 男性23例（68％），女性11例（32％），平均年龄52.89岁。嗜酒者23例（67.65%），合并胆石症者13例（38.24%），继往有急性胰腺炎发作者11例（32.35%）。主诉腹痛者28例（82.35%），合并黄疸者17例（50％），慢性钙化性胰腺炎与慢性梗阻性胰腺炎在某些临床表现间存在显著性差异，提示二者可能存在不同的发病机制。34 病人分别采用9种不同的手术方式，无围手术期死亡。Puestow手术及胰十二指肠切除可有效地缓解疼痛，并可改善胰外分泌功能，对胰内分泌的影响不大。Puestow手术并行胆肠吻合适于合并胆道狭窄的慢性胰腺炎病人，而仅行胆道引流效果不佳。结论 慢性胰腺炎的外科治疗应采用个体化原则，如合并胰管扩张可行Puestow引流手术，胰头炎性包块病人应行切除手术。     

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??Rationality of surgical managements according to the pathological anatomy of chronic pancreatitis GAO Hong-qiao, CAI Meng-shan, MA Yong-su, et al. Department of General Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
Corresponding author: YANG Yin-mo, E-mail: yangyinmo@263.net
Abstract Objective To investigate the outcome after surgery directed by pathological anatomy of chronic pancreatitis and provide evidence for surgical procedures. Methods The clinical material of 60 patients with chronic pancreatitis who underwent surgical treatment between 2000 and 2010 were investigated retrospectively. Result 43 cases (71.7%) presented with abdominal pain, Perioperative mortality was 1.7% (1 case). Forty-two patients with abdominal pain were all relieved after surgery, but long-term recurrence occered in 17 cases (40.5%). Modified Puestow procedure was performed on 21 patients with dilatation of pancreatic duct and/or lithiasis, long-term pain recurrence occered in 8 cases (38.1%); Six patients undergoing pancreatic head resection had no recurrence in the long-term follow-up; Pain recurrence rate of 11 cases with only cholangioenterostomy was 81.2% (9 cases) within 2 years. Chronic pancreatitis with common bile duct obstruction occurred in 33 cases(55%), cholangioenterostomy alone or combined with partly pancreatic resection or pancreatic duct drainage procedures could alleviate symptoms of biliary obstruction, 4(33.3%) cases after pure biliary drainage emerged abdominal pain, 5 cases of pancreatic head resection had no recurrence of jaundice and abdominal pain after long-term follow-up. Conclusion Surgical procedures should be selected according to the pathological anatomy of chronic pancreatitis. Reasonable pancreatic head resection and adequate bile and/or pancreatic drainage could significantly improve the long-term outcomes.     

A prospective study of radionuclide biliary scanning in acute pancreatitis.

Early surgery for biliary pancreatitis has resulted in a need for an accurate method of gallstone detection in acute pancreatitis. Fifty patients with acute pancreatitis were studied prospectively to assess the diagnostic value of Radionuclide Biliary Scanning (RBS) performed within 72 hours of an attack. To assess the general accuracy of RBS a further 154 patients with suspected acute cholecystitis or biliary colic were similarly studied. There were 34 patients with biliary pancreatitis and 18 (53%) had a positive scan (no gallbladder seen). There were 16 patients with non-biliary pancreatitis and 5 (31%) had a positive scan. All 51 patients with acute cholecystitis had a positive scan, as did 82% of the 51 patients with biliary colic. There were 52 patients with no biliary or pancreatic disease and none of these had a positive scan. RBS is highly accurate in confirming a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis or biliary colic. However, it cannot be relied on to differentiate between biliary and non-biliary pancreatitis and should certainly not be used as the basis for biliary surgery in these patients.     

Acute biliary and alcoholic pancreatitis: two different diseases?]

An analysis of 174 patients with an acute biliary or alcoholic pancreatitis who were admitted to the Surgical University Clinic Mannheim from 1986 until 1989 showed significant differences in the course of the disease and surgical treatment. 77.2% of our patients with an acute alcoholic pancreatitis were men. Mean age of all patients was 45.7 years. 72.3% of our patients had a mild pancreatitis and 27.7% a necrotising pancreatitis. In 26.8% of the patients an operation was necessary (necrosectomy, lavage of the lesser sac). In 35% of these patients occurred complications. Total lethality was 9.9% (mild pancreatitis: 0%, severe pancreatitis: 17.6% and total necrosis of the pancreas: 63.6%). 58.9% of our patients with an acute biliary pancreatitis were women. Mean age of all patients was 62.4 years. In 50% of all cases an operation was necessary (in most cases cholecystectomy and extraction of a prepapillary concrement but also necrosectomy and lavage of the lesser sac). In 17% of these patients occurred complications. Total lethality was 11.0% (mild pancreatitis: 0%, severe pancreatitis 8.3% and total necrosis: 77.7%). The conclusion is a surgical therapy depending of the cause of the pancreatitis and also a different prognosis of the disease.     

Choledochal cyst disease. A changing pattern of presentation.

OBJECTIVE: The authors compared the presentation, treatment, and long-term outcome of children and adults with choledochal cysts. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: The typical patient with choledochal cyst disease has been the female infant with the triad of jaundice, an abdominal mass, and pain. However, the recent experience of the authors suggested that the disease currently is recognized more commonly in adults. METHODS: Forty-two patients (11 children, 32 adults) with choledochal cyst disease were treated primarily at this institution between 1976 and 1993. Patients presentation, clinical evaluation, and operative treatment were obtained from existing records. Long-term follow-up was obtained by records, physician, or direct patient contact. RESULTS: One child--but no adults--had the classic triad of jaundice, abdominal mass, and pain. Children were more likely to have two of the three signs or symptoms (82% vs. 25%; p = < 0.05). Adult patients most commonly had abdominal pain and were thought to have pancreatitis (23%) or acute biliary tract symptoms, prompting cholecystectomy (50%). The type of choledochal cyst seen in children and adults was similar; the fusiform extrahepatic (Type I) was most common (50%), and the combined intrahepatic and extrahepatic (Type IVA) was the next most prominent (33%). For both children and adults, treatment consisted of excision of the cyst and biliary reconstruction with a hepaticojejunostomy. There was no surgical mortality. Gallbladder or cholangiocarcinoma was identified in three adults (9.7%), two of which were manifest on presentation. Long-term follow-up revealed one patient with a biliary stricture and three patients with Type IVA cysts who had intrahepatic stones. CONCLUSIONS: Children and adults differ in presentation of choledochal cysts, with adults commonly having acute biliary tract or pancreatic symptoms. Surgical treatment with cysts excision and biliary bypass is safe and effective in children and adults with excellent long-term results that minimize the development of malignancy.     

外科治疗急性胆源性胰腺炎

目的探讨急性胆源性胰腺炎（ABP）手术时机和术式的选择.方法回顾性分析247例急性胆源性胰腺炎的临床资料.结果非手术治疗10例,死亡4例;12例急诊手术后发生并发症5例,死亡2例;169例延期手术术后发生并发症1例,治愈;56例择期手术无并发症发生.结论以胆道梗阻为主的ABP应急诊手术解除胆道梗阻;胆道无梗阻先采用非手术治疗,胰腺炎控制后,再处理胆道病变.     

Evaluation and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis: A Review of 380 Cases

The cases of 380 patients with pancreatitis were analyzed retrospectively. There were 237 men (62%) and 143 women (38%). Etiologic factors included: alcoholism, 62%; biliary lithiasis, 16.6%; idiopathic, 12%; miscellaneous, 7%; and trauma, 2.4%. Acute pancreatitis occurred in 279 patients (73%); 189 (67%) were treated nonoperatively, 90 (33%) underwent operation; electively in 43 and urgently in 47. Postoperatively, one patient (2.3%) died in the elective group and 14 (30%) in the emergency group. Chronic pancreatitis occurred in 101 patients. Their pertinent findings were: alcoholism in 78%, biliary lithiasis in 8%, absence of abdominal pain in 15%, diabetes in 40%, and jaundice in 20%. Fifty patients were treated without operation; 43 were alcoholics, 17 of them died in the follow-up period. Fifty-one patients, 36 of them alcoholics, underwent a variety of operations, with three deaths (6%); 21 were improved after operation. It was concluded that 30% of patients with acute pancreatitis require operation, mainly to correct biliary lithiasis. Emergency operations dictated by relentless deterioration or uncertain diagnosis had a high operative mortality (30%), particularly in patients with necrotizing or hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Operative treatment for chronic pancreatitis was most effective when directed toward specific goals, including pseudocysts, obstructed pancreatic or common bile ducts. Operations done without specific anatomical objectives were often therapeutic failures.     

Clinical Diversity in Biliary Pancreatitis — Classification of Two Types

One hundred and seven patients with biliary pancreatitis undergoing operation from 1976 to 1989 were reviewed. To clarify the reason for failure to respond to conventional supportive therapy, 73 patients (68%) who underwent emergency surgery were retrospectively divided into two groups according to the severity of the pancreatitis evaluated at laparotomy and compared. Sixty-two had minimal or mild pancreatitis (Group I), among whom 44 (71%) had life-threatening acute biliary tract disease. All underwent biliary surgery and 4 (6%) subsequently died, 2 due to acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis. Eleven had hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis (Group II), among whom 7 had complications of acute pancreatitis such as pancreatic ascites or abscess. These underwent pancreatic and/or biliary surgery and 3 (27%) died of multi-organ failure.There appears to be two types of biliary pancreatitis refractory to conventional supportive therapy, which differ in the extent of surgery required and in mortality: (1) minimal or mild pancreatitis with persistent life-threatening acute biliary tract disease (biliary type), and (2) more severe pancreatitis (pancreas type) early in the course of the disease.     

The spectrum and natural history of common bile duct stenosis in chronic alcohol-induced pancreatitis.

Sixty patients with chronic alcohol-induced pancreatitis with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography evidence of common bile duct stenosis were studied to determine the clinical spectrum and natural history of this complication, as well as the indications for biliary bypass. In 17% of patients, common bile duct stenosis (CBDS) was an incidental finding at ERCP, while in the remaining cases pain and jaundice were the predominant symptoms in 35% and 48%, respectively. Biliary drainage was performed in 38% of patients for persistent or recurrent jaundice, cholangitis, and while undergoing pancreatic duct or cyst drainage procedures for pain. The benign nature of CBDS in chronic alcohol-induced pancreatitis (CAIP) in patients without persistent jaundice is emphasized. In particular, no histologically proved cases of secondary biliary cirrhosis were noted. The majority of patients with CBDS due to CAIP may be safely managed without biliary bypass but require close follow-up.     

急性胆源性胰腺炎外科治疗

目的 总结胆源性胰腺炎手术治疗经验,探讨胆源性胰腺炎的手术时机和方法.方法 回顾分析2004年9月至2007年5月江苏吴江市第三人民医院普外科收治的54例急性胆源性胰腺炎临床治疗.结果 全组手术46例,早期手术9例,延期手术37例,均获痊愈,平均术后住院时间8.4 d,术后随访无复发.非手术8例,死亡1例,随访有2例复发.结论 外科手术在胆源性胰腺炎治疗中具有重要地位.ABP手术时机的选择应采用个体化和延期手术相结合的处理方针.     

Large bile duct stones treated by endoscopic biliary drainage

One hundred five patients with obstructive jaundice and cholangitis (49 patients), referred for diagnostic endoscopy, were found to have inextractable bile duct stones. Median age was 76 years and three quarters were more than 72 years of age. Insertion of an endoprosthesis with or without a sphincterotomy relieved jaundice in 94% and settled cholangitis in 90%. Antibiotic cover during the procedure seems essential inasmuch as pyrexia and septicemia occurred in 6 of 57 cases where it was not given. One case was lethal. Another patient died of acute pancreatitis. The patients were old. One quarter died before the follow-up, 1 to 5 years after the initial intervention. The results indicate that the combination of endoscopic sphincterotomy, insertion of an endoprosthesis, and, if feasible, stone extraction on a later occasion when the acute phase of the illness had subsided brought the disease sufficiently under control among three quarters of the patients with large common duct stones or stenoses in the biliary tract. One quarter of the patients were treated surgically. This was accomplished without mortality, but morbidity was not negligible. A policy with a surgical approach restricted to selected cases with persistent symptoms in spite of sufficient endoscopic drainage is recommended.     

急性胆源性胰腺炎41例外科治疗临床体会

目的探讨急性胆源性胰腺炎(acute biliary pancreatitis ABP)外科治疗的时机与方法。方法 41例ABP患者均采用外科手术治疗。结果本组41例患者均获治愈。结论对ABP的治疗应根据其病情与类型而定,对伴有胆总管下端梗阻或胆道感染的重症ABP应急诊或早期(72 h)手术,对不伴胆道完全梗阻、胆管炎的重症ABP患者,早期采取保守治疗,手术尽量延至病情稳定后。对急性水肿性ABP可经保守治疗,病情稳定后2～4周行胆道手术,但保守治疗期间若出现胆管炎、胆囊坏疽或穿孔应急诊手术。