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Endoscopic drainage with local infusion of antibiotics to avoid necrosectomy of infected walled-off necrosis
Current treatment of infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) follows a step-up approach. Our group designed a step-up protocol that associates endoscopic drainage with local infusion of antibiotics through transmur...
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Open AccessExocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Following Acute Pancreatitis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The epidemiology of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) after acute pancreatitis (AP) is uncertain. We sought to determine the prevalence, progression, etiology and pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (P...
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Exocrine Pancreatic Function in Diabetes
The pancreas should be considered as a single endocrine–exocrine gland with complex insulo-acinar-ductal communications. Insulin exerts a trophic and stimulatory effect on the acinar cells, digestive enzymes s...
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Potential for Screening for Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency Using the Fecal Elastase-1 Test
The early diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is hindered because many of the functional diagnostic techniques used are expensive and require specialized facilities, which prevent their widesp...
