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Cholecystectomy in mild acute biliary pancreatitis: The sooner; the better.

09-feb-2016 | Revista: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas

A-Cienfuegos J (1), Rotellar F (2).


RESUMEN

Clinical guidelines for the treatment of mild acue biliary pancreatitis recommend performing cholecystectomy early. Notably only 23% of the patients had undergone cholecystectomy during the index admission.

Delayed cholecystectomy has been associated with recurrence of pancreatitis in between 33% and 63% of cases and a higher rate of readmission due to complications from the lithiasis.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2016 Feb 9;108. doi: 10.17235/reed.2016.4217/2016.