Italian consensus guidelines for chronic pancreatitis

Luca Frulloni, Massimo Falconi, Armando Gabbrielli, Ezio Gaia, Rossella Graziani, Raffaele Pezzilli, Generoso Uomo, Angelo Andriulli, Gianpaolo Balzano, Luigi Benini, Lucia Calculli, Donata Campra, Gabriele Capurso, Giulia Martina Cavestro, Claudio De Angelis, Luigi Ghezzo, Riccardo Manfredi, Alberto Malesci, Alberto Mariani, Massimiliano MutignaniMaurizio Ventrucci, Giuseppe Zamboni, Vito Antonio Amodio, Italo Vantini, Claudio Bassi, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Luca Frulloni, Italo Vantini, Massimo Falconi, Luca Frulloni, Armando Gabbrielli, Rossella Graziani, Raffaele Pezzilli, Italo Vantini Capurso, Giulia Martina Cavestro, Claudio De Angelis, Massimo Falconi, Ezio Gaia, Luigi Ghezzo, Armando Gabbrielli, Rossella Graziani, Riccardo Manfredi, Alberto Malesci, Alberto Mariani, Massimiliano Mutignani, Raffaele Pezzilli, Generoso Uomo, Maurizio Ventrucci, Giuseppe Zamboni, Italo Vantini, Flavio Magarini, Luca Albarello, Sergio Alfieri, Vito Antonio Amodio, Angelo Andriulli, Marcello Anti, Piergiorgio Arcidiacono, Luca Baiocchi, Gianpaolo Balzano, Luigi Benini, Debora Berretti, Pietro Boraschi, Elisabetta Buscarini, Lucia Calculli, Antonio Carroccio, Donata Campra, Mario Roberto Celebrano, Gabriele Capurso, Riccardo Casadei, Giulia Martina Cavestro, Fausto Chilovi, Rita Conigliaro, Luigi Dall'Oglio, Claudio De Angelis, Michele De Boni, Giovanni De Pretis, Sebastiano Di Priolo, Pier Luigi Di Sebastiano, Giovanni Battista Doglietto, Massimo Falconi, Marco Filauro, Giuseppe Frieri, Luca Frulloni, Arnaldo Fuini, Ezio Gaia, Luigi Ghezzo, Armando Gabbrielli, Rossella Graziani, Pietro Loriga, Giampiero Macarri, Gianpiero Manes, Riccardo Manfredi, Alberto Malesci, Alberto Mariani, Paolo Massucco, Stefano Milani, Massimiliano Mutignani, Claudio Pasquali, Paolo Pederzoli, Raffaele Pezzilli, Michele Pietrangeli, Rodolfo Rocca, Domenico Russello, Walter Siquini, Mario Traina, Generoso Uomo, Luigi Veneroni, Maurizio Ventrucci, Maurizio Zilli, Giuseppe Zamboni

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Abstract

This paper gives practical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis. Statements have been elaborated by working teams of experts, by searching for and analysing the literature, and submitted to a consensus process by using a Delphi modified procedure. The statements report recommendations on clinical and nutritional approach, assessment of pancreatic function, treatment of exocrine pancreatic failure and of secondary diabetes, treatment of pain and prevention of painful relapses. Moreover, the role of endoscopy in approaching pancreatic pain, pancreatic stones, duct narrowing and dilation, and complications was considered. Recommendations for most appropriate use of various imaging techniques and of ultrasound endoscopy are reported. Finally, a group of recommendations are addressed to the surgical treatment, with definition of right indications, timing, most appropriate procedures and techniques in different clinical conditions and targets, and clinical and functional outcomes following surgery. (C) 2010 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S381-S406
JournalDigestive and Liver Disease
Volume42 Suppl 6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde
  • Complications
  • Diagnostic imaging
  • Pain
  • Pancreatic supplements
  • Pancreatitis, chronic
  • Quality of life
  • Radiography
  • Sphincterotomy
  • Steatorrhea
  • Surgery
  • Therapy
  • Ultrasonography

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