Per-oral pancreatoscopy-guided lithotripsy vs. extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for treating refractory main pancreatic duct stones in chronic pancreatitis: Protocol for an open-label multi-center randomized clinical trial

• Published in: Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] Vol. 22; no. 8; pp. 1120 - 1125
• Main Authors: Han, Samuel, Miley, Angelina, Akshintala, Venkata, Freeman, Martin L., Kahaleh, Michel, Othman, Mohamed, Patel, Sandeep, Papachristou, Georgios I., Raijman, Isaac, Sankey, Noel, Sayana, Hari, Singh, Vikesh, Tarnasky, Paul, Trikudanathan, Guru, Shah, Raj J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Elsevier B.V 01.12.2022; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Alcohol; Calculi; Chronic pancreatitis; Clinical trials; Cysts; Drug use; Electrohydraulic lithotripsy; Endoscopy; Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy; Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy; Gallstones; Informed consent; Laser lithotripsy; Lithotripsy; Localization; Narcotics; Pain; Pancreas; Pancreatic duct stone; Pancreatitis; Pancreatography; Patients; Quality of life; Stents; United States > US; Electrohydraulic lithotripsy; Laser lithotripsy; Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy; Chronic pancreatitis; Pancreatic duct stone

Patients with chronic pancreatitis may develop pancreatic duct stones that can obstruct outflow leading to ductal hypertension and pain. Both endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERP) with per-oral pancreatoscopy (POP) and intraductal lithotripsy and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) ar...