The incidence of acute pancreatitis continues to increase worldwide, and it is one of the
most common gastrointestinal causes for hospital admission in the USA. In the past decade …

1 ESGE recommends a prolonged course of a prophylactic broad-spectrum antibiotic in
patients with ascites who are undergoing therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) …

1 ESGE recommends the use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD)
over percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) after failed endoscopic retrograde …

Background Infected necrotizing pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease that is treated
with the use of a step-up approach, with catheter drainage often delayed until the infected …

ESGE recommends offering stone extraction to all patients with common bile duct stones,
symptomatic or not, who are fit enough to tolerate the intervention. Strong recommendation …

ESGE suggests endoscopic therapy and/or extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) as
the first-line therapy for painful uncomplicated chronic pancreatitis (CP) with an obstructed …

The incidence of acute pancreatitis continues to rise, inducing substantial medical and
social burden, with annual costs exceeding $2 billion in the United States alone. Although …

Background Acute necrotizing pancreatitis (NP), a severe form of acute pancreatitis (AP),
has higher mortality and worse outcome than non-necrotizing pancreatitis (non-NP). Infected …

Both acute and chronic pancreatitis are frequent diseases of the pancreas, which, despite
being of benign nature, are related to a significant risk of malnutrition and may require …

Background & Aims In a 2010 randomized trial (the PANTER trial), a surgical step-up
approach for infected necrotizing pancreatitis was found to reduce the composite endpoint of …