[253 patients with acute pancreatitis treated at the surgical clinic in Zagreb]

253 patients with acute pancreatitis were treated in clinic for surgery in Zagreb through last 23 years. The most frequent cause of pancreatitis were diseases of biliary tract, obesity, vascular deseases, alcoholism etc. In the symtomatology, the pain was present in all patients and majority of them had abdominal symptoms as well. Most of the patients came to the treatment within the firsts 24 to 48 hours. Besides Trasylol various conservative therapy was applied and some patients were operated either on billiary ducts or on pancreas. 85 patients had to be operated again on billiary tract afterwards. From 253 patients treated 24 died (9,48%) because of the necrosis of pancreas and alterations on various other organs.