ReviewJournal of clinical medicine research2018
The Main Anatomical Variations of the Pancreatic Duct System: Review of the Literature and Its Importance in Surgical Practice.
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- Decoding neuro-tumor interactions in pancreatic cancer: mechanisms, immunosuppressive networks and therapeutic opportunities.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
- Early Chronic Pancreatitis Findings by Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS) in Asymptomatic Patients with Pancreas Divisum.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the variations of the pancreatic ductal system: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Anatomy & cell biology · 2024Article
- Pancreatic ultrasound: An update of measurements, reference values, and variations of the pancreas.Ultrasound international open · 2024Review
- Incidence and Clinical Implications of Anatomical Variations in the Pancreas and Its Ductal System: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Pancreas and Known Factors of Acute Pancreatitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
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- Double plastic stent implantation for recurrent acute pancreatitis with incomplete pancreas divisum: a case report and literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Review
- Clinical outcome of endoscopic therapy in patients with symptomatic pancreas divisum: a Dutch cohort study.Endoscopy international open · 2021Article
- Pancreatic Duct Variations and the Risk of Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis.Cureus · 2020Review
- Biliary anatomy and pancreatic duct variations: A cross-sectional study.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2020Article
- Ansa pancreatica: a rare cause of acute recurrent pancreatitis.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Synchronous Periampullary Tumors in a Patient With Pancreas Divisum and Neurofibromatosis Type 1.Frontiers in genetics · 2020Article
- Meandering main pancreatic duct syndrome: a single-center cohort study and aggregated review.Annals of gastroenterologyArticle
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Abstract
Anatomical variations or anomalies of the pancreatic ducts are important in the planning and performance of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and surgical procedures of the pancreas. Normal pancreatic duct anatomy occurs in approximately 94.3% of cases, and multiple variations have been described for the remaining 5.7%. The purpose of this study was to review the literature on the pancreatic duct anatomy and to underline its importance in daily invasive endoscopic and surgical practice. Two main databases were searched for suitable articles published from 2000 to 2017, and results concerning more than 8,200 patients were included in the review. The most common anatomical variation was that of pancreas divisum, which appeared in approximately 4.5% of cases.
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