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Surgical and Endoscopic Intervention for Chronic Pancreatitis in Children: The Kings College Hospital Experience

Year: 2024

Type: review

Abstract: Paediatric chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a rare and debilitating pathology that often requires invasive diagnostics and therapeutic interventions either to address a primary cause such as a pancreaticobiliary malunion or to deal with secondary complications such as chronic pain. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) are two endoscopic modalities that have an established diagnostic role in paediatric CP, and their therapeutic utilisation is increasing in popularity. Surgical decompression of the obstructed and dilated pancreatic duct plays a role in alleviating pancreatic duct hypertension, a common association in CP. Surgery equally has a role in certain anatomical abnormalities of the pancreaticobiliary draining system, or occasionally in some CP complications such as drainage of a symptomatic pancreatic pseudocyst.

Source: Children

DOI: 10.3390/children11010074

Authors: Renos M. Jeropoulos, Deepak Joshi, Bashar Aldeiri, Mark Davenport

Institutions: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, King's College Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,728