Difficulties and research advances in endoscopic management of pancreatic diseases / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

Pancreatic diseases mainly include acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, and pancreatic cysts and greatly threaten human health, and the incidence rates of pancreatic diseases are increasing around the world. Early diagnosis and intervention and delaying severe exacerbation, chronicity, and malignant transformation of disease are the focus of clinical management of pancreatic diseases. In recent years, the development of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ultrasound endoscopy, and related technologies have greatly improved the diagnostic efficiency of pancreatic diseases. By using the natural cavity of the human body, endoscopic intervention reduces the unnecessary damage to the surrounding tissue and has partially replaced surgery to become the first choice for treatment. However, pancreatic diseases have complex conditions, and the problems in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment and intervention timing have not been solved and thus remain the hotspots and difficulties in current research. This article reviews the difficulties and research advances in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of major pancreatic diseases.