ACUTE OR CHRONIC PANCREATITIS

Patient is advised admission and kept under observation as few cases may progress to severe form of pancreatitis despite best medical treatment. Such cases are shifted to ICU for further treatment and daily monitoring is done to assess whether complications are evolving or resolving. Based upon type of complications, there are variety of approach to manage the complications. It may be endoscopic therapy / radiological therapy / laparosocopic surgery or open surgery. The team of expert like endoscopist, interventional radiologist, Intensivist & surgeon decide the appropriate approach for treatment for given situation.

Few patients recover from complications of acute pancreatitis and manifest in due course with another set of complications. The specific complication is treated with best possible approach. Surgery approach for complications of acute or chronic pancreatitis includes necrosectomy, abscess drainage, internal drainage of chronic pseudocyst. Surgical approach for calcific chronic pancreatitis includes drainage procedure like Partington and Rochelle Lateral pancreatico-jejunostomy, Begers Procedure & resectional procedure if disease is localised in distal part pancreas.