LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR RECURRENT GALLSTONE PANCREATITIS DURING PREGNANCY

Authors
ANDREOLI M SAYEGH SK HOEFER R MATTHEWS G MANN WJ
Citation
M. Andreoli et al., LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR RECURRENT GALLSTONE PANCREATITIS DURING PREGNANCY, Southern medical journal, 89(11), 1996, pp. 1114-1115
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
89
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1114 - 1115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1996)89:11<1114:LCFRGP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A pregnant patient with gallstone-induced pancreatitis initially respo nded to medical treatment, but the pancreatitis recurred, Endoscopic r etrograde cholangiopancreatography and laparoscopic cholecystectomy we re done at 28 weeks' gestation, The remainder of the pregnancy was unr emarkable. Although 20 cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy have been reported for cholecystitis during pregnancy, this is the first report of laparoscopic management of recurrent gallstone pancreatitis in a p regnant patient.