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Endoscopic Treatment of Pain and Complications of Chronic Pancreatitis

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Pancreatic Disease

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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a common disease in industrialized countries, occurring with an incidence of approximately five to ten cases in 100,000. The main cause of this disease is alcohol abuse (app. 75%); other causes are rare (e.g., drug-induced CP). About 20%–25% of the cases are idiopathic. The resulting exocrine and less frequent endocrine pancreatic insufficiency can be controlled by medicament substitution [1]. Nevertheless, many patients suffer from recurrent pain attacks which lead to impairment of their life quality. Those severe abdominal pains comprise an important indication for surgical or endoscopic interventional therapy [2]. Furthermore, during disease progression there may be some morphological changes, such as pseudocysts and intraductal stone formation. These changes can also be cured with nonoperative measures.

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Jakobs, R., Apel, D., Riemann, J.F. (1999). Endoscopic Treatment of Pain and Complications of Chronic Pancreatitis. In: Pancreatic Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60068-5_15

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