Open AccessIs idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis attributed to small stones?
Author(s) -
Wai-Keung Chow,
YenChun Peng
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v5.i5.273
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , endoscopic ultrasonography , ultrasonography , general surgery , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , radiology , endoscopy , gastroenterology
Idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis remains a clinical challenge. Intraductal ultrasonography in the management of idiopathic recurrent pancreatitis may be a new strategy for undetermined causes after initial diagnostic approaches, including endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP). However, no definite cause after ERCP should be defined under optimal settings and with experienced technique.