[Acute pancreatitis: retrospective study on the treatment of 45 cases observed in a general surgery department].

Abstract

The Authors have developed a retrospective study of 45 patients, suffering from acute pancreatitis and hospitalized at a general surgery Departement during a period of two years. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the validity of the classification of acute pancreatitis in three degrees (slight, moderate, serious), suggested by Hollender to prognostic and therapeutic aims.