Pancreatitis: Advances in Pathobiology, Diagnosis and Treatment

List of principal contributors Preface ACUTE PANCREATITIS I SECTION I: PATHOBIOLOGY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS Chair: C Imrie, RM Schmid 1 Where and how does acute pancreatitis begin? ML Steer, A Sharma, X-H Tao, G Perides 2 Clinical relevance of experimental models of acute pancreatitis J Mayerle, FU Weiss, MM Lerch SECTION II: CLINICAL PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSIS, STAGING Chair: CD Johnson, MV Singer 3 Acute pancreatitis: epidemiology and aetiology PG Lankisch, P Maisonneuve, AB Lowenfels 4 Acute pancreatitis: diagnostic gold standard -- new perspectives? L Gullo 5 Acute pancreatitis: when to perform computed tomography PC Freeny ACUTE PANCREATITIS II SECTION III: CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OF THERAPY Chair: MW Büchler, UR Fölsch 6 Controversies in the treatment of acute pancreatitis: antibiotic therapy -- when and why? J Werner, MW Büchler 7 Acute pancreatitis: benefit of early enteral feeding? D Bimmler 8 Sterile necrosis and/or pseudocyst -- endoscopic intervention, surgery, or wait and see? PA Banks 9 Acute pancreatitis: evidence-based indications for surgery -- the current concept M Schäfer, S Heinrich, PA Clavien SECTION IV: LONG-TERM COURSE AND OUTCOME Chair: S Bank, AB Lowenfels 10 Prediction of outcome in acute pancreatitis: death and local complications CD Johnson 11 Recovery after severe pancreatitis V Keim 12 Recurrent acute pancreatitis JBMJ Jansen, JPH Drenth CHRONIC PANCREATITIS I SECTION V: PATHOBIOLOGY OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS Chair: G Klöppel, D Whitcomb 13 Experimental models of pancreatic fibrogenesis MV Apte, JS Wilson 14 Gene mutations as a cause of chronic pancreatitis DC Whitcomb SECTION VI: CLINICALDIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION Chair: P Banks, L Gullo 15 To define chronic pancreatitis M Sarner 16 Diagnosis of early stages of chronic pancreatitis using computed tomography PC Freeny CHRONIC PANCREATITIS II SECTION VII: CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OF THERAPY Chair: P Layer, J Mössner 17 Mechanisms of pain in chronic pancreatitis FS Lehmann, C Beglinger 18 Chronic pancreatitis: controversies in pain therapy, medical therapeutic options J Mössner 19 Chronic pancreatitis: endoscopic versus surgical procedures for pain relief N Alexakis, JP Neoptolemos SECTION VIII: TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS AND OUTCOME Chair: G Adler, PG Lankisch 20 Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: rational treatment and its pathophysiological basis P Layer 21 Pancreatic enzyme therapy in cystic fibrosis M Stern, A Hofmann 22 Optimal control of diabetes mellitus in pancreatitis FJM Göke, B Göke 23 Chronic pancreatitis: precursor of carcinoma? AB Lowenfels, P Maisonneuve 24 Mortality and survival in chronic pancreatitis: a personal and international study S Bank, N Pooran, J Xie, R Brunner Index