Publications by authors named "A N Van'kovich"

In different countries a set of recommendations for the diagnostics and treatment of chronic pancreatitis (CP) have been published, but to date a unified systematic management has not been developed yet. Because CP is within the interests of physicians of various specialties: surgeons, gastroenterologists, endoscopists and others, approaches to the most effective treatment--conservative therapy, endoscopic or surgical treatment--should be determined on an equal footing on the basis of well-known and well-conducted trials at the minimization of possible interpretations of the terms and tactics. In most cases there is a need for a comprehensive approach, which allows to achieve the main tasks: to cut pain short, maintain the function of the gland and/or compensate for pancreatic insufficiency, eliminate or prevent the development of complications, using a combination of the most effective methods of treatment.

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Cystic dystrophy of duodenal wall and duodenal dystrophy (DD)--is a rare disease which is based on chronic inflammation of the pancreas tissue (PT), malrelated in the wall of the duodenum (DU). The principal method of surgical treatment of this disease is Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PRD), although it was presented several reports of successful use sandostatin or endoscopic treatment in some patients. Analysis of demographic, clinical and instrumental data, methods of surgical treatment of DD showed that all patients with persistent or recurrent abdominal pain was noted in all patients, weight loss--51%, vomiting--at 26%, jaundice--in 20% of patients.

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