Acute Pancreatitis as a Long-term Complication of Pancreatectomy

Abstract

According to the Revised Atlanta Classification, AP falls into the category of mild AP (MAP), moderately severe AP (MSAP), and severe AP (SAP). All of other etiological factors including alcohol abuse, gallstones, and medicine consumption were excluded before patients were suspected to have postpancreatectomy-induced pancreatitis. {Table 1} Our study observed that only 8 patients were identified to come down with postoperative AP after at least 1 month of pancreatectomy in totally 742 cases of pancreatectomy, which revealed that AP was likely to be a rare long-term complication of pancreatectomy. [...]the incidence and potential reasons of AP as a long-term complication of pancreatectomy remain unclear.