Impact of Body Overweight and Class I, II and III Obesity on the Outcome of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Objectives: Body overweight and obesity have been associated with an increased morbidity in acute pancreatitis, but conflicting results were reported in the literature with regard to the type and frequency of complications. We investigated the occurrence of complications in different classes of overweight in a homogeneous group of patients with gallstone pancreatitis. Methods: Data were collected prospectively from 250 patients with biliary...