particularly in the setting of calcific chronic pancreatitis. The purpose of this review is to re-examine published data on efficacy of pancreatic stenting in controlling pain of CP, as well as ...

Chronic pancreatitis remains a challenging and frustrating clinical problem. In the past few years, however, advances in genetic and immunologic research have spawned new insights and approaches ...

Pancreatic radiopacities should not be mistaken for calcification in and about the kidney or in the gallbladder. Other symptoms, often associated with pancreatitis, such as chronic vague ...

THE most controversial aspect of pancreatic surgery concerns the choice of an appropriate operative procedure in the management of chronic relapsing pancreatitis. The evolution of the surgical ...

Indian scientists have discovered a second candidate gene - cathepsin B - responsible for the fatal tropical calcific pancreatitis ... for causing the chronic pancreatitis. Earlier, they had ...