De Luca L, Repici A, Koçollari A, Auriemma F, Bianchetti M, Mangiavillano B. Pancreatoscopy: An update. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2019; 11(1): 22-30 [PMID: 30705729 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v11.i1.22]
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Luca De Luca, MD, Doctor, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Piazzale Cinelli 1, Pesaro 61121, Italy. lucadeluca1210@gmail.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Minireviews
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Adea Koçollari, Gastroenterology Unit, University Medical Center “Mother Theresa” Hospital, Tirana 1000, Albania
Francesco Auriemma, Mario Bianchetti, Benedetto Mangiavillano, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Mater Domini, Castellanza 21053, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Luca De Luca, MD, Doctor, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Piazzale Cinelli 1, Pesaro 61121, Italy. lucadeluca1210@gmail.com
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Received: September 28, 2018 Peer-review started: September 28, 2018 First decision: October 23, 2018 Revised: December 21, 2018 Accepted: December 29, 2018 Article in press: December 30, 2018 Published online: January 16, 2019
Core Tip
Core tip: Multiple modalities are available for the investigation of pancreatic diseases, such as magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, computed tomography, transabdominal ultrasound, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and endoscopic ultrasound. Per-oral pancreatoscopy was initially described in 1976. The available data suggests that in selected patients pancreatoscopy plays an important role in indeterminate pancreatic duct strictures and in evaluating the main pancreatic duct for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms following endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle aspiration prior to surgical treatment. Considering its therapeutic role, per-oral pancreatoscopy with lithotripsy has achieved a high rate of ductal clearance in patients with chronic calcific pancreatitis.
