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pancreatic duct stents
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what is 'pancreatic duct stents'?
Definition for pancreatic duct stents
pancreatic duct stents is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: chronic pancreatitis, carcinoma pancreas.
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chronic pancreatitis
chronic inflammation of pancreas
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carcinoma pancreas
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72 hour stool fat
fat in stool collected over 72 hours
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Abdominal CAT Scan
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Abdominal MRI
MRI of abdominal contents
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Abdominal ultrasonography
Ultrasound of abdominal contents
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Angiography
xray study of blood vessels
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Biopsy
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CT pancreas
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CT scan
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Cholangiography
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Complete Blood Count
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Complete metabolic panel
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
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Endoscopic ultrasonography
Endoscopic Ultrasound
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FDG PET scan
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Laparotomy
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Liver Function Tests
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Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Pancreas
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Pancreatectomy
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure)
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calcium supplements
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ceftriaxone(rocephin , ceftriaxone sodium)
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insulin
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meperidine(demerol hcl , meperidine hydrochloride)
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multivitamin(berocca)
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octreotide(sandostatin)
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pancreatic enzymes
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pancrelipase(ultrase)
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propantheline(pro-banthine , propantheline bromide)
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography - Wikipedia, the free ...
Also, the pancreatic duct can be cannulated and stents be inserted. The pancreatic duct requires visualisation in cases of pancreatitis. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCP
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eMedicine - Bile Duct Strictures : Article by William R Brugge, MD
... pancreatic cancer, benign strictures, malignant strictures, bile duct injury, ... with the placement of one or two 10F-12F stents across the area of obstruction. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic3425.htm
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Non-Operative Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts
... traverse a completely occluded main pancreatic duct also bears witness to the ... pancreatic duct disruption managed by endoscopic transpapillary stent placement. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1570582
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program ...
... removal of bile and pancreatic duct stones, the treatment of biliary strictures, ... such cases, ERCP with pancreatic stent placement has been utilized, ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/2002/2002ERCPsos020html.htm
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Pancreatic Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute
Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of pancreatic cancer. ... This tube (or stent) may be left in place to keep the duct open. ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/pancreatic/Patient/page1/print
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VHL Disease: Pancreatic Cystic Disease
... tumors are benign and only become evident when they cause bile duct obstruction. ... or pancreatitis and may require biliary stents (50,92,93,94) ...
http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/papers/vonhip/pancreaticcystic.html
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Pancreatic Cancer - WebMD
General information about pancreatic cancer, the formation of malignant cancer cells in the pancreas. Features causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnostic tests, and treatment.
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-can...
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Hemosuccus pancreaticus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, the pancreatic duct orifice is located on the side of the duodenum, ... Both coils in the end-artery and stents across the area of bleeding have been ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemosuccus_pancreaticus
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eMedicine - Pancreatic Cancer : Article by Richard A Erickson, MD, FACP ...
... be used as a noninvasive method for imaging the biliary tree and pancreatic duct. ... more expensive and permanent metallic stents appear to have a longer ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1712.htm
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Autoimmune pancreatitis in a patient presenting with obstructive ...
... and thickened gattbtadder and common bite duct, with a biliary stent in situ. ... 2 cm irregular pancreatic mass involving the common bile duct (CBD) (Figure 2) ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2020658
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Pancreatic Cancer Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Side ...
Read about pancreatic cancer symptoms (pain), disease diagnosis, ... A stent is a tiny plastic or metal mesh tube that helps keep the duct or duodenum open. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=81302&page=5
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eMedicine - Pancreatic Pseudocysts : Article by Louis R Lambiase
... patients with pseudocysts have demonstrable connections to the pancreatic duct. ... Stents may then be endoscopically removed after resolution. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2674.htm
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute
This tube (or stent) may be left in place to keep the duct open. ... pancreatic duct. Part of a system of ducts in the pancreas. ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/bileduct/Patient/page1/print
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Accessory bile duct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... bile duct post-op can be treated with a temporary biliary stent[citation ... ducts: Pancreatic duct ? Accessory pancreatic duct. Common ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducts_of_Luschka
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The course of traumatic pancreatitis in a patient with pancreas divisum ...
The CBD drained in conjunction with the short ventral pancreatic duct at the major papilla. ... The pig-tail stent was extracted after one month. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=153522
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Pancreatic Cancer
There are different types of treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer. ... Endoscopic stent placement: If the tumor is blocking the bile duct, surgery may ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-can...
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eMedicine - Pancreatic Divisum : Article by Mounzer Al Samman
Dorsal pancreatic duct diseases can be missed because only the ventral pancreas ... of prolonged pancreatic stenting, such as pancreatitis, stent occlusion or ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3001.htm
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Stent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... of a stent is to counteract significant decreases in vessel or duct diameter by ... Pancreatic Stent [edit] See also. Angioplasty. Bronchoscopy. Colonoscopy ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stent
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Pancreatic pseudocysts ? when and how to treat?
... morphological features such as pancreatic duct anatomy and communication of the ... stents are removed after complete resolution of the pancreatic pseudocyst, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2020756
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Pancreas Divisum Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
... anomaly (an anomaly that is present at birth) of the pancreatic duct(s) ... Stent: A tube designed to be inserted into a vessel or passageway to keep it open. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/pancreas_divisum/glossary.htm
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eMedicine - Pancreas Divisum : Article by Majid A Khan, MD
... variant of the pancreatic anatomy, occurs when the ductal systems of the ventral and dorsal pancreatic ducts fail to ... and pancreatic duct stent placement. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic520.htm
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Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Information on pancreatic cancer treatment, including chemotherapy, surgery, ... a hollow tube, called a stent, into the bile duct to keep it open despite the ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-cancer-treatment?page=3
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eMedicine - Pancreatitis, Chronic : Article by Ali Nawaz Khan
Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by progressive pancreatic damage that eventually leads to impairment of both ... of temporary pancreatic duct stents. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic522.htm
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Pancreas Divisum Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment by ...
Pancreas divisum is a common congenital anomaly of the pancreatic duct(s) ... Others will insert a stent during ERCP into the duct to prevent duct blockage. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/pancreas_divisum/page2.htm
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What You Need To Know About Cancer of the Pancreas - National Cancer ...
... diagnosis, and treatment of pancreatic cancer. NIH Publication No. ... A stent is a tiny plastic or metal mesh tube that helps keep the duct or duodenum open. ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/pancreas/allpages/print
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Understanding Pancreatitis -- Treatment
... by gallstones or an obstructed pancreatic duct, you may need surgery or have ... A smaller plastic tube called a stent is inserted into the ducts to ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/understanding-pancreatitis-treatment
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Pancreas divisum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... which a single pancreatic duct is not formed, but rather remains as two distinct ... a stent may be inserted into the duct to ensure that the duct will not ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas_divisum
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Middle Segment Pancreatectomy: A Useful Tool in the Management of ...
A small stent is placed in the main pancreatic duct while performing ... we are dealing with a normal soft pancreatic texture with a small Wirsung's duct. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1852388
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eMedicine - Pancreatitis, Chronic : Article by Kamil Obideen
... enteric drainage using transpapillary stents placed into the pancreatic duct. ... with a transpapillary stent placed into the pancreatic duct. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1721.htm
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Anomalous opening of the common bile duct into the duodenal bulb ...
Pancreatic duct (PD) was opening separately into the bulb in all the cases when ... Plastic stent was placed in 2 who had critical distal stenosis, which was ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1933541
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Diagnosing Digestive Diseases with ERCP
... to see the bile ducts, the gallbladder and the pancreatic duct on the X-rays. ... Stent placement. A stent is a plastic drainage tube that is placed in the ...
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/digestive-diseases-ercp
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eMedicine Image Search
... shows a pseudocyst communicating with the main pancreatic duct in a patient with ... after placement of a transpapillary stent, a patient with a pseudocyst ...
http://emedicine.com/asp/image_search.asp?query=Pancreatitis...
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eMedicine - Pancreatitis, Chronic : Article Excerpt by Ali Nawaz Khan
Moreover, the pancreatic duct is dilated, and the pancreas is normal in size, ... intervention (eg, stricture dilatation, stent placement) is being considered. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/Pancreatitis--Chronic.htm
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Ascending cholangitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... bile duct, gallbladder cancer, cancer of the ampulla of Vater, pancreatic cancer ... Continual contamination of bile duct by indwelling stents (as may occur in ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending_cholangitis
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eMedicine - Pancreas, Adenocarcinoma : Article by Mahesh Kumar Neelala ...
... all the GI malignancies, pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the second ... The pancreatic duct is dilated to more than 50% of the ... stent placement ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic516.htm
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
... the bile duct to the bowel or by the placement of bile duct stents by operative, ... Pancreatic Cancer. Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer. Common Treatments for ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/bile-duct-cancer-extrahepatic...
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eMedicine - Bile Duct Tumors : Article by Carol E H Scott-Conner
It opens, in common with the pancreatic duct, into the ampulla of Vater, which ... Expandable larger metal stents have better patency rates than plastic ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2705.htm
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Self-expandable metallic stent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... obstruction which may result from stomach, duodenal or pancreatic cancer.[9] ... Fluoroscopic image of two metal biliary stents in the common bile duct. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-expandable_metallic_stent
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Primary pancreatic lymphoma ? pancreatic tumours that are potentially ...
... biliary obstruction and bile duct stents did not find increased biliary ... Bile duct stents: is there an increased rate of complications in patients ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1475874
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Gallbladder Cancer Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
... also identified in patients with pancreatic, stomach, and bile duct cancer. ... Stent: A tube designed to be inserted into a vessel or passageway to keep it open. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/gallbladder_cancer/glossary.htm
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eMedicine - Pancreatic Pseudoaneurysm : Article by Mazen S Itani
... and resultant distention of the pancreatic duct and may sometimes be accompanied ... catheter angioembolization with or without endoscopic stent placement. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2732.htm
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eMedicine - Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Pseudocyst : Article by Andre Hebra
... may serve as a therapeutic intervention (i.e., sphincterotomy, stent placement) ... cell destruction, lymphocytic infiltration, and pancreatic duct obstruction. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic3014.htm
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Pancreatic cancer: Complications - MayoClinic.com
Pancreatic cancer often spreads before it's noticed ? a comprehensive look ... a plastic or metal tube (stent) be placed inside the bile duct to hold it open. ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pancreatic-cancer/DS00357/D...
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
... but bypass operations or endoluminal stents are alternatives if lymph nodes are ... Pancreatic Cancer. Uterine (Endometrial) Cancer. Common Treatments for ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/bile-duct-cancer-extrahepatic...
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Cholangiocarcinoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Other biliary tract cancers include pancreatic cancer, gall bladder cancer, and ... Adenocarcinoma Of The Hepatic Duct At Its Bifurcation Within The Porta Hepatis. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholangiocarcinoma
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Photodynamic therapy for cancer of the pancreas
... evidence of a pseudocyst, abscess, or pancreatic duct leak in any patient at any ... Future designs of enteral stent may overcome this problem. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1773165
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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
... (a smaller tube) is then inserted through the endoscope into the pancreatic ducts. ... This tube (or stent) may be left in place to keep the duct open. ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/bile-duct-cancer-extrahepatic...
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Gallbladder Cancer Treatment - National Cancer Institute
This tube (or stent) may be left in place to keep the duct open. ... x-ray the pancreatic duct, hepatic duct, common bile duct, duodenal papilla, and ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/gallbladde...
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eMedicine - Dermatologic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease ...
Many disorders of the alimentary tract have dermatologic manifestations. ... of panniculitis after placement of pancreatic duct stent in chronic pancreatitis. ...
http://emedicine.com/derm/topic545.htm
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eMedicine - Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater : Article by Pankaj ...
... bile duct... common bile duct merges with the pancreatic duct of Wirsung at ... pancreatic stent (usually unnecessary) is seen within the pancreatic duct. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2676.htm
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