Abstract Knowledge of pancreatitis in the 20th century was shaped predominantly by animal
data and clinical trials. Several large general population-based cohort studies and …

Chronic pancreatitis is a syndrome involving inflammation, fibrosis, and loss of acinar and
islet cells which can manifest in unrelenting abdominal pain, malnutrition, and exocrine and …

Importance The incidence of chronic pancreatitis is 5 to 12 per 100 000 adults in
industrialized countries, and the incidence is increasing. Treatment is multimodal, and …

Over the past decades several epidemiological studies have been published reporting on
incidence trends, hospital admissions, etiological factors and outcome of both acute and …

This paper reviews the current status of our understanding of the epidemiology, diagnosis,
and management of the continuum of pancreatic diseases from acute and recurrent acute …

Background & Aims Pancreatic diseases place significant burdens on health care systems
worldwide. However, there is lack of agreement about which factors increase or reduce risk …

Diseases of the pancreas have been extremely difficult to study. Until relatively recently, the
pancreas was viewed by surgeons as an organ to be avoided, given its deep retroperitoneal …

The epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is incompletely understood. A number of
difficulties exist in estimating the prevalence and incidence of CP. Long-term follow-up is …

Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by progressive, irreversible morphologic and functional
changes that are most commonly attributed to environmental insults, particularly when there …

Epidemiological studies have been published worldwide in recent decades describing the
incidence, mortality, aetiology and trends of chronic pancreatitis. Accumulated evidence …