Summary The pathophysiology of chronic pancreatitis initially focused on the importance of protein plugs within pancreatic ducts and components of these plugs including GP2. More recently, emphasis has been placed on the activation of pancreatic stellate cells such as by ethanol, the concept that ...
The "natural" history of pain in chronic pancreatitis. Gastroenterology - Talamini, Bassi () Citation Context ...so insidiopathic (60% smokers) and familial cases.sThis association, moreover, of alcohol andstobacco use is in 80% of chronic pancreatitis,syet in only 16% of a population ...
R. W. AmmannSpringer Berlin HeidelbergAmman R.W.: Natural history of chronic (progressive) pancrea - titis: a life experience. In: Chronic pancreatitis, Beger H.G., Buchler M., Ditschuneit H., Malfertheiner P., 47-62, Ed. Springer, 1990....
Some pertinent problems related to the long-term course of chronic pancreatitis are reviewed like progression and nonprogression of the disease, etiology and outcome, the different postulated pain mechanisms and the relationship of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatitis is clinically a non...
However, only 10-15% of these patients develop symptoms. Chronic pancretitis is associated with progressing function lesion of pancreas manifested by: diabetes, steatorrhea, malabsorption and malnutrition. Other aspect of chronic pancreatitis is chronic, visceral pain, very often requiring not only ...
Chronic PancreatitisPancreaticoduodenectomyDuodenum Sparing Head ResectionBegerFreyBernPuestowOur data demonstrate the following: (1) A significant number of patients undergoing duodenum-sparing head resections (26%) or pancreaticoduodenectomy (29%) required reoperation for recurrent abdominal pain; and (...
The most common form of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in the Western world is alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP), which represents 70–90% of patients with CP. Nearly all of the remaining patients (10–30%) are usually designated as having idiopathic chronic pancreatitis (ICP; 1 – 4 )....
Muench R.Department of MedicineUniversity HospitalDig DisMuench R. Etiology and natural history of chronic pancreatitis. Dig Dis. 1992;10:335-344.
acute pancreatitischronic pancreatitispainquality of lifereadmissionsrecurrencerecurrent acutesurvivalObjectives: Racial differences in susceptibility and progression of pancreatitis have been reported in epidemiologic studies using administrative or retrospective data. There has been little study, however, on the ...
Family History of Chronic Pancreatitis Is Associated with an Increased Risk for Developing Chronic Pancreatitis: 222Brand, RandallHawes, RobertAnderson, MichelleBanks, PeterBishop, MicheleBaillie, JohnSherman, StuartGoldberg, MichaelDiSario, James