Faleh Th Amir Alshahrani, Syed Ibrar Shah, Masood Raza Khan, Nasim Durrani, Medhat Mostafa, Mohammad Fawzy Nasser, Saeed A Ghamdi, Saleem Abdul Satt Ar.
Rising incidence of acute pancreatitis in the Southern region of Saudi Arabia, a retrospective study.
Pak J Surg Jan ;31(1):36-9.

Objective: To evaluate the increasing incidence of Billiary Pancreatitis in the Southern region of Saudi Arabia. Study Design: Th is is retrospective analysis of cases of acute pancreatitis admitt ed at King Abdullah Hospital Bisha. Sett ing and duration: Th is retrospective analysis carried out at King Abdullah Hospital Bisha, which is a small town in the southern region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from September 2012 till September 2014. Methods: Retrospective analysis of all patients admitt ed with Acute Pancreatitis in the Department of Surgery at King Abdullah Hospital Bisha was carried out. All the data was entered on pre designed proforma and analysis was done using SPSS version 18. Result: A total of 544 cases were admitt ed with symptoms of acute pancreatitis from September 2012 till September 2014. 81% of these cases were due to stone or sludge in the common bile duct (CBD), 7% were due to alcoholic pancreatitis, 3% due to mumps and other viral infections, 1% due to post Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 1% due to post ERCP,2 % due to drugs like Th iazide diuretics,1% due to Carcinoma Pancreas or Cholangiocarcinoma and 4% due to idiopathic causes. Majority of common bile duct stones were treated with success, other cases improved on conservative management. Conclusion: Gall stone in common bile duct is found to be most common single factor causing acute pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice in the Southern region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, other causes like alcoholism, viral infection are less common.

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