Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(7):356-357. The cause of acute pancreatitis is easily identifiable in 70–90% of patients. In patients with idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP), however, an ...

Patients with sludge- or microlithiasis-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) had significantly lower rates of pancreaticobiliary complications than those with gallstone-induced AP. "The lower complication ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Predicted severe acute biliary pancreatitis treated with early endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A: More than 33,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States every year. Only 15% to 20% ...

The use of plastic biliary stents in patients with malignant obstructive jaundice is often complicated by the build-up of sludge on the stent. Advances in nanotechnology have allowed the development ...

The cause of acute pancreatitis is easily identifiable in 70–90% of patients. In patients with idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP), however, an identifiable cause is not found after initial evaluation ...