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Pancreatitis after alar-transverse fusion for spondylolisthesis. A case report
W A Curtin1, O P Lahoti, E E Fogarty
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Acute pancreatitis complicated the postoperative care of a 16-year-old girl treated by alar-transverse fusion for spondylolisthesis. Pancreatitis was diagnosed by a marked increase in plasma amylase in conjunction with abdominal ultrasonography. Symptoms resolved with conservative treatment. Pancreatitis should be suspected when unusual abdominal symptoms persist after spinal surgery.