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- A study involving 50 patients who underwent surgery for gastroduodenal ulcers was conducted to diagnose postoperative pancreatitis.
- In 15 of these patients, postvagotomy symptoms emerged, with elevated blood elastase levels noted just 12 hours post-surgery in 12 cases.
- By the second or third day, increased amylase levels in blood and urine indicated the presence of postoperative pancreatitis, but treatment led to reduced symptoms and normalized elastase levels.
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For diagnosis of postoperative pancreatitis 50 patients were examined after performance of organ-preserving operation for gastroduodenal ulcer disease. In 15 patients various postvagotomy symptoms occurred. In 12 of them the elastase activity in blood was increased already in 12 h after operation, lowering gradually under the influence of specific therapy. On 2-3 days in these patients the amylase activity increase in blood and urine was revealed, testifying the postoperative pancreatitis presence. Under the influence of the treatment conducted the postvagotomy syndromes severity had reduced in accordance with the elastase activity normalization in blood.
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