Diagnosing early chronic pancreatitis by endoscopic ultrasonography

Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography for diagnosing ulcerative early gastric cancers

Although endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is the first-choice imaging modality for predicting the invasion depth of early gastric cancer (EGC), the prediction accuracy of EUS is significantly decreased when EGC is combined with ulceration.The aim of present study was to compare the accuracy of EUS and conventional endoscopy (CE) for determining the depth of EGC. In addition, the various clinic-...

The utility of endoscopic ultrasound for diagnosing chronic pancreatitis and the importance of early diagnosis

1 Internist and gastroenterologist, Assistant Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. Chief of the Clinical Gastroenterology Unit at Clínica de Marly 2 Internist and gastroenterologist at Clínica Reina Sofía, Graduate Academic Coordinator of Gastroenterology at Fundación Universitaria Sanitas 3 Epidemiologist and gastroenterologist at Clínica Reina ...

Chronic pancreatitis: early diagnosis and endoscopic management of pain.

Endoscopic Therapy in Chronic Pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a debilitating disease that can result in chronic abdominal pain, malnutrition, and other related complications. The main aims of treatment are to control symptoms, prevent disease progression, and correct any complications. A multidisciplinary approach involving medical, endoscopic, and surgical therapy is important. Endoscopic therapy plays a specific role in care...

Endoscopic Treatment in Chronic Pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis can give rise to relapsing episodic or persistent upper abdominal pain (Frulloni et al., 2010). Apart from the derangement of endocrine and exocrine functions, it can cause local complications such as pancreatic ductal stenosis, formation of intraductal stones and development of pseudocysts (Strobel et al., 2009). Management of these complications can be challenging in some...