ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2016
How Does Cholecystectomy Influence Recurrence of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis?
Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06124989 (A Novel Machine Learning Model for the Prediction of Relapse of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Novel Machine Learning Model for the Prediction of Relapse of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis (Machine learnINg for the rElapse Risk eValuation in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis - MINERVA)
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of the predictive factors for the recurrence of acute pancreatitis.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Pooled it
- American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines: Management of Acute Pancreatitis.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2024Guideline
- Recurrence of idiopathic acute pancreatitis after cholecystectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis.The British journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Endoscopic Ultrasound for Routine Assessment in Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Pooled it
- Machine learning for the rElapse risk eValuation in acute biliary pancreatitis: The deep learning MINERVA study protocol.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Article
- Turkish Society of Gastroenterology: Pancreas Working Group, Acute Pancreatitis Committee Consensus Report.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2024Review
- Idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP)-a review of the literature and algorithm proposed for the diagnostic work-up of IAP.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024Review
- Endoscopic Ultrasound to Identify the Actual Cause of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Utility of endoscopic ultrasound in idiopathic acute recurrent pancreatitis.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Similarities and differences between biliary sludge and microlithiasis: Their clinical and pathophysiological significances.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2018Article
- Cholecystectomy Following Idiopathic Pancreatitis: How Much to Look for Stones? : Correspondence re Stevens, et al.: How Does Cholecystectomy Influence Recurrence of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis? J Gastrointest Surg (2016) 20:1997-2001.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIdiopathic acute pancreatitis is diagnosed in approximately 10-30 % of cases of acute pancreatitis. While there is evidence to suggest that the cause in many of these patients is microlithiasis, this fact has not been translated into a resource efficient treatment strategy that is proven to reduce recurrence rates. The aim of this study was to examine the value of prophylactic cholecystectomy following an episode of acute pancreatitis in patients with no history of alcohol abuse and no stones found on ultrasound.
methodsThis was a retrospective study of 2236 patients who presented to a regional Australian hospital. Patients were included when diagnosed with acute pancreatitis with no confirmed cause. Recurrence of acute pancreatitis was compared between those that did and did not undergo cholecystectomy.
resultsOne hundred ninety-five consecutive patients met the study definition of "idiopathic" acute pancreatitis. 33.8 % (66/195) underwent cholecystectomy. The patients who had cholecystectomy had a recurrence rate of 19.7 % (13/66) whereas, of those managed expectantly, 42.8 % (68/159) had at least one recurrence of acute pancreatitis (P = 0.001).
conclusionsFollowing an episode of acute pancreatitis with no identifiable cause, in patients fit for surgery, cholecystectomy should be considered to reduce the risk of recurrent episodes of pancreatitis.
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