These proceedings of an international meeting held as recently as December 1996 cover diagnostic procedures in pancreatic disease, together with the progress made over the last 10 years in treating acute and chronic pancreatitis as well as pancreatic cancer. The meeting also covered standards in medical and surgical treatment.
Classification of Pancreatitis: Problems and Prospects.- A. Acute
Pancreatitis.- Morphology of Acute Pancreatitis in Relation to Etiology and
Pathogenesis.- Clinical Presentation and Course of Acute Pancreatitis.- I.
Imaging Procedures.- Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Grading of Acute
Pancreatitis.- Computed Tomography in Acute Pancreatitis: Diagnosis, Staging,
and Detection of Complications.- Diagnosis of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis.-
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Acute Pancreatitis:
Indications and Limitations.- II. Functional Methods.- Appropriate Use of
Serum Pancreatic Enzymes for the Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis.-
Identification of the Etiological Factor in Acute Pancreatitis.- Exocrine
Pancreatic Function During and Following Acute Pancreatitis.- Endocrine
Pancreatic Function During and Following Acute Pancreatitis.- III. Prognostic
Evaluation.- Pathophysiological Determinants of Severity of Acute
Pancreatitis.- Clinical Value of Multifactorial Classification in the
Prognostic Evaluation of Acute Pancreatitis.- Biochemical Markers in the
Early Prognostic Evaluation of Acute Pancreatitis.- Prognostic Evaluation of
Acute Pancreatitis: When- and How-Consequences for Clinical Management.-
Diagnostic and Prognostic Evaluation of Graft Pancreatitis.- IV. Guidelines.-
Acute Pancreatitis: Diagnostic Guidelines for General Practitioners,
Clinicians in Community Hospitals and in Specialized Centers.- B. Chronic
Pancreatitis.- I. Chronic Pancreatitis: Clinical Features.-
Pathomorphological Feature of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Pathophysiological
Events in Chronic Pancreatitis: The Current Concept.- Clinical Presentation
and Course of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Painless Versus Painful Chronic
Pancreatitis.- II. Imaging Procedures.- Role of Ultrasonography in the
Diagnosis, Staging and Detection of Complications of Chronic Pancreatitis.-
Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic Pancreatitis by Computed Tomography.-
Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic Pancreatitis by Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiopancreatography.- Radiologic Imaging of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Role
of Pancreatic Duct Drainage for Evaluation of Pancreatic Pain.- What Does the
Surgeon Need in the Preoperative Evaluation of Chronic Pancreatitis?.- III.
Function Tests.- Neuroendocrine Abnormalities of Upper Gut Function in
Chronic Pancreatitis: Lessons for Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Direct
Pancreatic Function Tests in the Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic
Pancreatitis.- Oral Pancreatic Function Tests in the Diagnosis and Staging of
Chronic Pancreatitis.- Present and Future of Breath Tests in the Diagnosis of
Pancreatic Insufficiency.- Value of Serum Pancreatic Enzymes in the Diagnosis
of Chronic Pancreatitis.- New Fecal Tests in the Diagnosis of Exocrine
Pancreatic Insufficiency.- Extracellular Matrix in Pancreatic Diseases.-
Endocrine Pancreatic Function in the Diagnosis and Staging of Chronic
Pancreatitis.- IV. Chronic Pancreatitis: Guidelines.- Diagnostic Standards
for Chronic Pancreatitis.- Standards in Surgical Treatment of Chronic
Pancreatitis.- C. Pancreatic Cancer.- Langerhans Islets Are the Origin of
Ductal-Type Adenocarcinoma.- I. Imaging Procedures.- Ultrasound and
Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors.- Computed
Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pancreatic Cancer.- Endoscopic
Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors.-
Role of Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Ultrasound in Pancreatic Cancer.-
Intraportal Ultrasonography for Evaluation of Resectability in Pancreatic
Cancer.- II. Other Diagnostic Procedures.- Serological Diagnosis of
Pancreatic Cancer.- Role of Cytology in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Tumors.-
Scintigraphic Procedures in the Detection of Pancreatic Tumors: Role of
Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography.- III. Molecular Biology.-
Clinical Applicability of Molecular Procedures in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic
Cancer.- IV. Guidelines.- Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnostic Guidelines for
General Practitioners and Clinicians in Community Hospitals and Specialized
Centers.
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