Role of Endoscopy in Chronic Pancreatitis
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Patients with chronic pancreatitis can present with various clinical complex including steatorrhea, abdominal pain, pseudocyst and diabetes mellitus. The main concept of treating these patients is treating only symptomatic one. Currently it has been suggested to treat and investigate asymptomatic patient with chronic pancreatitis only when that strategy can prevent further attack of pancreatitis and excluding pancreatic cancer. There are three approaches for treating chronic pancretitis; pharmacologic therapy, endoscopy with and without interventional radiology and surgery. In this review, information regarding the updated knowledge on endoscopic therapy for chronic pancreatitis will be provided. In addition, recent comparison with surgery will also be discussed.
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