[Prevention and treatment of complications of acute pancreatitis]

Results of treatment of 156 patients with acute pancreatitis (with the first attack of the disease) were analyzed. These patients had 284 early and 76 late complications of the disease. Causes of the complications observed are discussed. The authors describe their methods of conservative and operative treatment and give practical recommendations for prevention of complications of acute pancreatitis. The complex treatment of acute pancreatitis with special attention to prophylactics and improved methods of treatment of the complications is shown to give better results.