A pregnant woman is going in to surgery. She is laying on an operating table in the hospital’s operating room. Surgeons surround the bed preparing for the medical procedure. Researchers sought to ...

A retrospective analysis of hospital discharge records from the National Inpatient Sample database between 2009 and 2019 was conducted. The sample included 3094 pregnancies with chronic pancreatitis ...

Italy: Researchers have found in a new study that endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) significantly lowers ...

A pancreatitis diet plan includes fruits, vegetables, and low-fat or nonfat dairy. You can blend all of these ingredients to make a nutritional drink, such as a smoothie. But there are important ...

The management of alcoholic pancreatitis is mostly reactive; little is done to prevent disease progression. It is time for physicians to pay attention to the root cause of the condition—that is, ...

Contrary to popular belief, chronic pancreatitis caused by alcohol consumption occurs at much lower rates compared to other causes, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent early surgery vs. endoscopy-first approach reported a lower Izbicki pain score. Pain was ...

Dr. Vikas Dudeja, Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology at UAB, has been awarded a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This prestigious funding, granted through the ...

A large randomized clinical trial has now demonstrated that endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with minor ...

Chronic pancreatitis stems from a variety of pathogenic entities that result in chronic inflammation, fibrosis, and irreversible damage to the pancreas.

A Europe-wide study led by the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) shows that the microbial composition of the gut, known as the gut microbiome, can predict long-term complications following ...