Pancreas mobile, good to know

Background and Aim: Up to now, little is known about the mobility of the pancreas due to changes in posture. 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 the 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 examined using conventional gray-scale transabdominal ultrasound to image the position and mobility of the pancreatic head with reference to the vertebral spine…