RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Endoscopic therapy of recurrent acute pancreatitis
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 225
OP 233
DO 10.3949/ccjm.76a.08017
VO 76
IS 4
A1 Mansour A. Parsi
A1 Tyler Stevens
A1 John A. Dumot
A1 Gregory Zuccaro, Jr
YR 2009
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/4/225.abstract
AB Endoscopic therapy has emerged as an alternative to surgery for the subset of patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis whose disease is due to gallstones or other mechanical processes that obstruct the outflow of the pancreas. In this article, the authors review the specific situations in which endoscopic therapy might be useful in patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis.