Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis
Endoscopic therapy is a well-established, valuable alternative to surgery for the treatment of a variety of biliary tract diseases. Applications of similar techniques to the pancreas continue to develop. Encouraged by the recognition of the relative safety of ERCP and endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES)...
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| description | Endoscopic therapy is a well-established, valuable alternative to surgery for the treatment of a variety of biliary tract diseases. Applications of similar techniques to the pancreas continue to develop. Encouraged by the recognition of the relative safety of ERCP and endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) for gallstone pancreatitis, endoscopic therapy is now being applied in the setting of acute pancreatitis of other etiologies, chronic pancreatitis, complications of acute or chronic pancreatitis, and pancreas divisum. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79ba577e110f4185a980a7fe18f0ab0d2022-12-22T00:59:07ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Digestive Endoscopy0976-50420976-50502012-01-010305605710.4103/0976-5042.95034Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitisGlen A. Lehman0Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USAEndoscopic therapy is a well-established, valuable alternative to surgery for the treatment of a variety of biliary tract diseases. Applications of similar techniques to the pancreas continue to develop. Encouraged by the recognition of the relative safety of ERCP and endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) for gallstone pancreatitis, endoscopic therapy is now being applied in the setting of acute pancreatitis of other etiologies, chronic pancreatitis, complications of acute or chronic pancreatitis, and pancreas divisum.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-5042.95034endoscopic sphincterotomypancreas divisumrecurrent pancreatitis |
| spellingShingle | Glen A. Lehman Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis Journal of Digestive Endoscopy endoscopic sphincterotomy pancreas divisum recurrent pancreatitis |
| title | Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis |
| title_full | Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis |
| title_fullStr | Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis |
| title_short | Endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis |
| title_sort | endoscopic management of recurrent pancreatitis |
| topic | endoscopic sphincterotomy pancreas divisum recurrent pancreatitis |
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