BACKGROUND & AIMS: The association between body composition parameters measured on computed tomography (CT) and severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) is conflicting because these composition parameters vary considerably by sex and age. We previously...
OBJECTIVE: Clinical guidelines consider abdominal pain an indication for nonsurgical treatment of pancreatolithiasis. We examined benefit from nonsurgically treating asymptomatic pancreatolithiasis. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 165 patient...
OBJECTIVES: While chronic pancreatitis associated with pancreatolithiasis presents with pain, exocrine and endocrine pancreatic functions worsen with time. We examined outcomes of nonsurgical treatment. METHODS: Between 1992 and 2020, we treated p...
Biliary strictures caused by inflammation or fibrosis lead to jaundice and cholangitis which often make it difficult to distinguish malignant strictures. In cases when malignancy cannot be excluded, surgery is often performed. The concept of immun...
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ULTRASONICS 48(2) 175-186 2021年4月 [査読有り]
Diseases associated with gallbladder wall thickening include benign entities such as adenomyomatosis of the gallbladder, acute and chronic cholecystitis, and hyperplasia associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction, and also cancer. Unique condi...
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