DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i09.035

Pages: 2158-2164

Background: Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease in which progressive and irreversible structural changes to the pancreas result in a permanent impairment of both the exocrine and endocrine functions. The treatment of chronic pancreatitis depends on 4 factors: the cause of the pancreatitis, the portion of the pancreas involved the presence or absence of symptoms, and the size of the pancreatic duct. The treatment procedure of chronic pancreatitis mostly depends upon the complications and features of the disease. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to assess clinical profile and complications of chronic pancreatitis in hospitalized patients. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted in Department of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Liver Transplant Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from January 2017 to December 2017.Thirty (30) patients of pancreatic calculi were studied in this study. All the data were collected by a pre-designed questioner, analyzed by SPSS version 20 and findings were displayed by several tables and figures of MS Office program. Result: Present study shows that out of 30 patients 2 patients (6.67) developed wound infection in the post-operative period, 2 patients (6.67%) developed urinary tract infection one patient (3.33%) developed pancreatic fistula, one patient (3.33%) developed sub-acute intestinal obstruction, one patient (3.33%) developed jaundice. All are treated conservatively. No patient died in the post-operative period in hospital. All the patients of this series presented with abdominal pain (100%). Weight loss presented by 10 (33.33%) patient, Steatorrhoea by 9 (30%) patient, abdominal lump by 4 (13.33%) patient, 14 patients (46.67%) were diabetic and all patient have vague complain of anorexia, nausea & vomiting. Conclusion: In this study, complications were found in very few numbers. Both wound infections and respiratory tract ......