Does Obesity Confer an Increased Risk and/or More Severe Course of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis?

200829 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Viju P. Deenadayalu · University Medical Center

Urszula Błaut · Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

James L. Watkins · University Medical Center

Jeffrey L. Barnett · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Martin L. Freeman · Hennepin County Medical Center

Joseph E. Geenen · Hematology Oncology Consultants

Michael Ryan

Abstract

Obesity did not seem to confer an increased risk for ERCP-induced pancreatitis. A statistically significant association between obesity and the severity of ERCP-induced pancreatitis was not apparent.

Topics & Keywords

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Esophageal and GI Pathology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volume 42, Issue 10, pp. 1103-1109

DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e318159cbd1

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