Simon Sirtl, Katharina Bretthauer, Mahmood Ahmad, Eric Hohmann, Vanessa F Schmidt, Prince Allawadhi, Marlies Vornhülz, Sarah Klauss, Elisabetta Goni, Jakob Vielhauer, Elisabeth Orgler, Didem Saka, Mathilda Knoblauch, Felix O Hofmann, Jörg Schirra, Christian Schulz, Georg Beyer, Ujjwal M Mahajan, Julia Mayerle, Michal Zorniak
BACKGROUND/AIM: Severity of microlithiasis and sludge-induced pancreatitis in comparison to gallstone-induced pancreatitis has never been studied for a lack of definition. In order to understand whether bile duct obstruction or other mechanisms contribute to biliary pancreatitis severity we performed a monocentric, retrospective cohort study. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study 263 patients with acute biliary pancreatitis treated at a tertiary care center from 2005 to 2021 were stratified according to the recent consensus definition for microlithiasis and sludge...
May 1, 2024: Pancreas