Pancreas mobility: An important phenomenon for endoscopic ultrasound examination

Purpose: The present study was conducted to assess the position of the pancreas in the left recumbent posture (endoscopy posture), the pancreatic mobility during changes of posture from supine to endoscopy posture and also evaluates the possible factors associated with pancreatic mobility. Methods: 199 patients with or without chronic pancreatitis were included. Conventional abdominal ultrasound was performed to image the position of the pancreatic head with reference to the aorta in the supine and left recumbent position, and evaluate the mobility of the pancreatic head with the change of posture. In a subgroup…