In 1788 Cawley reported on a “free living young man” who had died of emaciation and
diabetes and whose postmortem examination revealed multiple pancreatic calculi. 1 In the …

Background and aims: Clarification of the position of the European Society of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) regarding the interventional options available for …

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

This Guideline is an official statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
(ESGE). It provides practical advice on how to achieve successful cannulation and …

Background For patients with chronic pancreatitis and a dilated pancreatic duct, ductal
decompression is recommended. We conducted a randomized trial to compare endoscopic …

Results: Of 140 eligible patients, only 72 agreed to be randomized. Surgery consisted of
resection (80%) and drainage (20%) procedures, while endotherapy included …

Results: Follow-up data were obtained from 1018 of 1211 patients treated (84%) with mainly
strictures (47%), stones (18%), or strictures plus stones (32%). At the long-term follow-up …

Chronic pancreatitis is a disease of the pancreas in which recurrent inflammatory episodes
result in replacement of pancreatic parenchyma by fibrous connective tissue. This fibrotic …

This paper gives practical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis.
Statements have been elaborated by working teams of experts, by searching for and …

Background: Our aim was to verify endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) accuracy to diagnose, rule
out, and establish the severity of chronic pancreatitis found by endoscopic retrograde …