[Treatment of acute pancreatitis]

The experience with the treatment of 482 patients with acute pancreatitis under the conditions of a central district hospital is presented. An outline for the conservative treatment depending upon the severity of the patient's status, when admitted to a surgical department, is suggested. 80 cases were operated upon; most of them with destructive forms of pancreatitis and with complications of the disease. The success of the treatment of acute pancreatitis depends upon complex, intensive conservative treatment rendered in due time. Total lethality was 6.2%, the postoperative one-32.5%.