Acute necrotic pancreatitis after esophagectomy: a case report

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Cases of postoperative acute pancreatitis

Case	Author [ref]	Year	Age/sex	Background	Operation	BMI	Presentation of pancreatitis	Amylase level on the day of diagnosis (U/l)	Diagnosis	Necrosis of gastric tube	Prognosis	Cause of death
1	Blom et al. [3]	2009	73/M	-	TTE	24	2 POD	1,690	Relaparotomy	+	Dead, 22 POD	MOF
2	Blom et al. [3]	2009	72/M	Alcohol abuse	TTE	25	12 POD	338	Relaparotomy	-	Alive	-
3	Blom et al. [3]	2009	52/M	MI	THE	32	6 POD	110	Autopsy	-	Dead, 6 POD	Electromechanical dissociation
4	Blom et al. [3]	2009	78/M	-	THE	26	12 POD	108	Relaparotomy	+	Alive	-
5	Our case	2014	74/M	IP, COPD, alcohol abuse	THE	23	3 POD	137 (maximum: 2,604)	CT	+	Dead, 60 POD	MOF

M, male; F, female; MI, myocardial infarction; IP, interstitial pneumonia; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TTE transthoracic esophagectomy; THE, transhiatal esophagectomy; BMI, body mass index; POD, post operative day; MOF, multiple organ failure.