Examples include: Gallstones, peptic ulcers, acid reflux, and liver diseases typically cause right-sided referred shoulder ...

Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by a slow inflammatory destruction of pancreatic tissue and subsequent fibrosis. Patients present with abdominal pain or signs of pancreatic endocrine or ...

Six months of therapy reduced pain and oxidative stress. Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathophysiology of chronic pancreatitis. Thus, antioxidant therapy might attenuate oxidative ...

Pancreatitis causes a critical and dull pain in your upper abdomen that spreads to the back or below the left shoulder blade. The debilitating symptoms of the condition – which is usually caused ...

Surgery provides pain relief in 40–60% patients with chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic duct strictures and pancreatic duct stones; however, severe complications can occur. Endoscopic stent ...