Chronic pancreatitis is a focal or diffuse chronic
inflammation and
fibrosis of pancreatic
tissue, which is progressive, persistent and irreversible.
Chronic pancreatitis in
children has its own characteristics of early onset and frequent occurrence, which greatly
affects the
nutritional status and
quality of life of
children.Recently,
diagnosis and
treatment of this severe
inflammation gradually improved with a burgeoning
technique endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (
ERCP), especially in the
treatment of pediatric
chronic pancreatitis.The
detection rate of the
disease has been increasing year by year.As an effective and safe
procedure for the
treatment of
chronic pancreatitis in
children,
ERCP has replaced traditional
surgery and become the first-line
treatment method for pediatric
chronic pancreatitis.