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RESEARCH PRODUCT

THE ROLE OF ENDOSCOPY IN ACUTE RECURRENT AND CHRONIC PANCREATITIS AND PANCREATIC CANCER

Ralf JakobsJuergen F. Riemann

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyPancreatic diseaseCost-Benefit AnalysisGastroenterologyDiagnosis DifferentialPancreatic cancerInternal medicineSecondary PreventionmedicineHumansStone extractionEndoscopy Digestive Systemmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryGastroenterologymedicine.diseaseEndoscopyPancreatic NeoplasmsTreatment Outcomemedicine.anatomical_structurePancreatitisAcute DiseaseChronic DiseasePancreatitisStone removalNeoplasm Recurrence LocalDifferential diagnosisPancreasbusiness

description

Endoscopy plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pancreatitis as well as pancreatic cancer. Sphincterotomy and stone removal in biliary pancreatitis, stone extraction and drainage in chronic pancreatitis, and stent implantation in pancreatic cancer are the predominant procedures. With endoscopy, minimal invasive techniques are at hand to solve urgent and long term problems.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0889-8553(05)70087-x