[Surgical diseases of the pancreas in children].
The authors had 51 children under observation with surgical diseases of the pancreas related to a rare and insufficiently studied pathological condition in children. Congenital developmental anomalies were diagnosed in 28 (54.9%), injuries of the gland and diseases resulted from injuries--in 18 (35.3%), and acquired diseases--in 5 (9.8%) children. Treatment of congenital developmental anomalies of the pancreas in newborn infants is extremely difficult due to the high frequency of a complicated course and concurrent congenital diseases of other organs. Timely and properly performed therapeutic measures in serious injuries to the pancreas allow the development of traumatic pancreatitis to be prevented in some children.