...Dhiraj Yadav; Venkata Muddana; Michael O’Connell Background/Aims: Population-based estimates for chronic pancreatitis (CP) are scarce. We determined incident CP hospitalization rates and the risk of pancreatitis-related readmissions in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Methods: We used...

... patients registered with a non-malignant pancreatic disorder other than acute pancreatitis, the number of false-negative cases of acute pancreatitis was 23 (32%). They were mainly found among patients registered with a diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. Conclusion: The Swedish National Patient Register...

...W.T. Knoefel; C.F. Eisenberger; T. Strate; J.R. Izbicki 17 11 2011 Invited Review Pancreatology 2002;2:379 385 Optimizing Surgical Therapy for Chronic Pancreatitis W.T. Knoefel C.F. Eisenberger T. Strate J.R. Izbicki Department of Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Islet autotransplantation Umbilical vein Pancreatectomy Chronic pancreatitis Intractable pain is the most disabling symptom of chronic pancreatitis. Although the majority of patients can...

...Wei Wang; Zhuan Liao; Gang Li; Zhao-Shen Li; Jie Chen; Xian-Bao Zhan; Luo-Wei Wang; Feng Liu; Liang-Hao Hu; Yan Guo; Duo-Wu Zou; Zhen-Dong Jin Background and Aim: It is suggested that patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) have a markedly increased risk of pancreatic cancer compared...

...X.C. Li; X.L. Lu; H.H. Chen Objective: To investigate the effects of α-tocopherol on pancreatic fibrosis and survival in rats with experimental chronic pancreatitis induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). Methods: Chronic pancreatitis was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by infusion...

... with pain caused by chronic pancreatitis (CP) and to correlate putative cortical reorganisation to clinical pain scores. Methods: 24 patients suffering from CP and 14 healthy volunteers were included. Patients’ daily experience of pain was recorded in a pain diary. The sigmoid was stimulated electrically...

..., Sun CD, Lu Y, Wu LQ: Clinical value of serum CA19-9 levels in evaluating respectability of pancreatic carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2008;14:3750–3753. 3. Bedi MM, Gandhi MD, Jacob G, Lekha V, Venuqopal A, Ramesh H: CA19-9 to differentiate benign and malignant masses in chronic pancreatitis...

...; David C. Whitcomb; for the North American Pancreatic Study Group Background/Aims: Smoking is an established risk factor for chronic pancreatitis (CP). We sought to identify how often and in which CP patients physicians consider smoking to be a risk factor. Methods: We analyzed data on CP patients...

...Maria Chiara Petrone; Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono; Francesco Perri; Silvia Carrara; Cinzia Boemo; Pier Alberto Testoni Background/Aims: The threshold number of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) criteria for diagnosing chronic pancreatitis (CP) is variable. The presence of more than three abnormal ductular...

... or LightCycler PCR for H. pylori urease A and 16S ribosomal DNA. Results: In the pancreas of 11 patients with autoimmune pancreatitis, no H. pylori DNA could be detected. Further, in none of the other tissue samples of chronic pancreatitis or PDAC could we detect any Helicobacter sequences. Out of the pancreatic...

... Background/Aims: A sustained imbalance of pancreatic proteases and their inhibitors seems to be important for the development of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Mesotrypsin (PRSS3) can degrade intrapancreatic trypsin inhibitors that protect against CP. Genetic variants that cause higher mesotrypsin activity might...

...Anne-Laure Pelletier; Thierry Bienvenu; Vinciane Rebours; Dermot O’Toole; Olivia Hentic; Frédérique Maire; Pascal Hammel; Philippe Ruszniewski; Philippe Lévy Background and Aims: Despite an extensive search, no cause is found for recurrent acute/chronic pancreatitis (idiopathic pancreatitis (IP...

... liquid meal test in 8 patients (6 males) with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) and 8 healthy control subjects (5 males). Postprandial GI hormone responses were correlated with change in SMA flow as assessed by the resistance index. Results: Patients with CP and PEI...

... tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase-2 (TPST2). Tyrosine sulfation stimulates the autoactivation of human cationic trypsinogen. Because increased trypsinogen autoactivation has been implicated as a pathogenic mechanism in chronic pancreatitis, we hypothesized that genetic variants of TPST2 might alter the risk...

...A. Mokrowiecka; D. Pinkowski; E. Malecka-Panas; C.D. Johnson Background: In chronic pancreatitis (CP), a debilitating, progressive and incurable disease, patients’ wellbeing is considerably impaired, but the different factors affecting quality of life (QoL), have not been identified yet. Methods...

...Patricia Zuccaro; Tyler Stevens; Kathryn Repas; Rachael Diamond; Rocio Lopez; Bechien Wu; Darwin L. Conwell Background: Numerous publications from academic centers suggest that magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) can diagnose early chronic pancreatitis (CP) and assess pancreatic...

...Josefina Mora; Laia Comas; Elia Ripoll; Patricia Gonçalves; Josep M. Queraltó; Francesc González-Sastre; Antoni Farré Background/Aims: Mutations in the PRSS1 and the SPINK1 genes have variably been associated with alcohol-related, idiopathic and hereditary chronic pancreatitis (CP). The aim...

...Timothy B. Gardner; Eileen M. Janec; Stuart R. Gordon Background/Aims: The endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis (CP) relies on the presence of up to nine distinct pancreatic parenchymal and ductal abnormalities, without considering other factors such as age, duration...

...Nathaniel S. Winstead; C. Mel Wilcox Painful chronic pancreatitis is a challenging problem for clinicians and patients. Many patients receive a therapeutic trial of pancreatic enzyme supplementation at some point in the course of their disease, but it is unclear what the expected outcome...