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[Epidemiology, clinical features and treatment of chronic pancreatitis: current knowledge and future perspectives].

Chronic pancreatitis is a complex disease both for the epidemiology, with uncertain data on the exact prevalence, but also for the etiology, often not identified and for whom, compared to the past, post acute pancreatitis forms are showing a high impact; also smoking is an etiological factor often underestimated compared to alcohol. Chronic pancreatitis is associated with high mortality and morbidity, mostly due to extrapancreatic diseases. The eventual occurrence of exocrine or endocrine pancreatic insufficiency can lead to complications, often serious and not prevented in time. It is, in fact, well known how this can cause micro or macronutrient and vitamin deficit which, if not screened and corrected, can cause complications such as osteoporosis. Abdominal pain is the most relevant symptom, with a complex pathogenesis, due not only to obstructive or mechanical factors or inflammation, but also to a chronic alteration of the adaptation process of pain in the central nervous system. Also for this reason, therapies are often not effective. Derivative surgery is indicated in obstructive forms, with results superior to those of endoscopy, while resective surgery is indicated when an inflammatory mass is present. A new opportunity is total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation, which offers excellent results in terms of pain relief and possibility to avoid diabetes in a high percentage of patients. This review will discuss these hot topics comprehending both most recent evidence and a view on how our knowledge on this disease will change in the upcoming years.

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