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Acute pancreatitis following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A case report and literature review

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Case Report

Author Details : Abdulhaleem Elhiday*

Volume : 1, Issue : 1, Year : 2022

Article Page : 43-45

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Abstract

Recent reports showed an association between bariatric surgery and the development of acute pancreatitis. This report presents a case of acute pancreatitis following a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in a 24-year-old Indian female patient, who presented to the Emergency Department at Hamad General Hospital, Qatar, with severe epigastric pain and persistent vomiting 13 days after LSG. She was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis based on a high level of lipase greater than three times the upper limit of normal, and a computed tomography scan of the abdomen, which was consistent with acute pancreatitis. The patient was treated conservatively with a significant improvement in her symptoms and laboratory tests throughout her admission and consequently was discharged.

Keywords: Acute pancreatitis, Computed tomography, Lipase, Sleeve gastrectomy

 

How to cite : Elhiday A, Acute pancreatitis following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A case report and literature review. Yemen J Med 2022;1(1):43-45

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