Pancreas divisum as a new challange for therapeutic endoscopy. Our experiences in chronic pancreatitis

Background: Pancreas divisum (PD) is a common congenital abnormality. It can be the cause of acute relapsing pancreatitis, chronic obstructive pancreatitis (CP) and chronic abdominal pain without pancreatitis. Endoscopic therapy is nowadays considered as an accepted treatment modality. Patients and methods: In a five-year period, we had 28 patients with the diagnosis of PD observed by ERCP. There were 15 women and 13 men, the median age was 57 (22–86) years. 11 patients had chronic pancreatitis, 8 had acute pancreatitis (4 of them had several acute attacks of relapsing pancreatitis, 3 patients had pancreatitis o…