Guide To The Causes Of Pancreatitis

Abdominal Surgery

An individual who undergoes abdominal surgery may develop pancreatitis as a complication. The most prevalent procedure known to cause pancreatitis is referred to as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. While this is not a major or invasive form of abdominal surgery, it does require the patient to be anesthetized and involves the use of an endoscope. The prevalence of pancreatitis development following an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is four percent of all diagnosed cases of pancreatitis. Other forms of abdominal surgery that cause trauma to the abdominal region can cause patients to experience an increase in lipase and amylase levels that may cause them to develop pancreatitis. Other surgical procedures known to cause pancreatitis as a post-operative complication include cardiopulmonary bypass surgery and abdominal bypass surgery. This etiology of pancreatitis has a greater rate of death and other life-threatening complications than pancreatitis that has developed from other causes.

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