Establishing a biliary etiology in acute pancreatitis is clinically important because of the potential need for invasive treatment, such as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The etiology ...

Endoscopic ultrasound remains the preferred diagnostic method for unexplained recurrent acute pancreatitis. The American Gastroenterological Association released 8 best practice statements for using ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008;23(3):344-347. There have been several efforts to develop an effective preventive strategy that will eliminate or reduce the risk or severity of post-ERCP pancreatitis.

A: Pseudocyst size is less important than the clinical context of the patient. How certain are you that the cystic lesion noted on CT scan or ultrasound imaging is actually a pseudocyst? For instance, ...

What is the best method for managing patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis? The authors conducted a randomized trial comparing endoscopic drainage in 10 patients via the stomach (a natural ...

Upfront endoscopic necrosectomy may be suitable for certain patients with confirmed or suspected infected necrotizing pancreatitis, results of a small randomized trial suggested. In 70 patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Immediate direct endoscopic necrosectomy significantly reduced the number of reinterventions and ...

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is among the commonest non-malignant admission diagnoses in gastroenterology. Its incidence in Germany lies between 13 and 43 per 100 000 inhabitants and is ...

Endoscopic ultrasound is increasingly used in the evaluation of chronic pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatitis is a continuing inflammatory disease of the pancreas characterized by irreversible ...

A 25-year-old woman with a history of cerebral palsy, developmental disability and corpus callosotomy for tonic-clonic seizures was brought to hospital with a two-day history of progressively ...

Acute pancreatitis is a serious condition that causes the pancreas to become inflamed. It develops suddenly and can cause severe pain in the upper abdomen, often spreading to your back or left ...