Biliary Colic Preceding Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis

Effect of Diclofenac Suppository on Treatment of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Background and Aim: Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory pancreatic disease that is associated with low or no fibrosis of the pancreas. Standard non-surgical treatment in all patients involves correcting water and electrolyte disorders, pain relief and avoiding pancreatic secretion. Given that pancreatitis is an inflammatory process, and NSAIDs have been shown to modulate inflammatory processe...

Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

More than 220,000 patients are admitted to hospital each year with acute pancreatitis in the United States alone.1 The most common etiology of acute pancreatitis is gallstones. This chapter will focus on diagnostic and management issues related to acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP). Differentiating gallstone-induced acute pancreatitis from other etiologies (alcohol, medication induced, hypertrigl...

Stress and acute biliary pancreatitis.

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/pan According to Selye’s [1] classic work, the general adaptation syndrome in response to stress involves a complex neurohumoral regulation: the release of ACTH and corticosteroids combined with catecholamine discharges and other factors resulting in gastric ulcerations because of disequilibrium between aggressive and defensive (cytoprotective) mechanisms. O...

A mouse model of necrotic biliary pancreatitis induced by combining gallstone formation and ligation of the biliary-pancreatic duct Running title: model has gallstone and pancreatitis

Objective: The aim of the present investigation is to develop a mouse model of biliary pancreatitis with characteristics of both gallstone formation and pancreatitis,mimicking the human etiology and pathphysiological character. Design: Male C57BL/6 mice were fed with chow, high fat/cholesterol and lithogenic diet for 12 weeks respectively. Laparotomy was done followed by ligation of pancreatic ...