Acute retinopathy following pancreatic head resection for chronic pancreatitis: A rare, severe complication

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 460-463

  Hackert, Thilo ^a   Hartwig, Werner ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a   Büchler, Markus Wolfgang ^a   Werner, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pancreatitis; Retinal diseases; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PANCREAS ENZYME; SOMATOSTATIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINOPATHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RETINAL DISEASES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27644521645     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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