Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer are two of the major diseases affecting the pancreas. Both are serious disorders for which current therapy has not been proven to be effective. Physicians ...

The treatment goals of chronic pancreatitis can roughly be divided into pain management, prevention and management of complications and improvement of pancreatic insufficiency Surgery outperforms ...

We studied liver-biopsy specimens from 11 patients with chronic stenosis of the common bile duct due to chronic pancreatitis; all the patients had undergone liver biopsy before or at the time of ...

Among 493 patients who underwent surgery for chronic pancreatitis, the survival rate 1 year after the operation was 95.5%. At 5 years, it was 85%. But by the 10-year mark, the survival rate had ...

Risk factors for type 2 diabetes and features associated with pancreatic severity were associated with the risk of diabetes in patients with chronic pancreatitis. A study published in Diabetes Care ...

Everyday habits such as heavy drinking and unhealthy eating can gradually damage the pancreas. Once injured, the consequences ...

Paraffin-embedded formalin-fixed tissue blocks were obtained from surgical specimens of 44 men and 15 women with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (according to the criteria previously defined by Ammann ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent early surgery vs. endoscopy-first approach reported a lower Izbicki pain score. Pain was ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new antioxidant biomaterial that someday could provide much-needed relief to people living with chronic pancreatitis. The study will be published ...