TY - CHAP AU - Garofita-Olivia Mateescu AU - Bogdan Oprea AU - Liliana Stanca AU - Mihaela Hincu AU - Malina Coman AU - Stelian Mogoanta AU - Dragos Voicu AU - Relu Stanescu AU - Ion Rogoveanu ED - Luis Rodrigo Y1 - 2015-03-04 PY - 2015 T1 - Pancreatic Acinar and Island Vascular Apparatus Associated with Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Processes N2 - The inflammatory procceses of pancreatic gland can be acute and chronic. Acute pancreatitis constitutes the majority of cases requiring hospital admission in gastroenterology. We are yet to discover many things about its pathophysiology, which is a certain drawback for the progress in its treatment. Prediction of severity is necessary for the management plan. However, our progress in the field was significant in the recent decade and a leap forward is expected in this cumbersome condition which has many unmet needs. Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory disease characterized by debilitating pain and pancreatic insufficiency. Although medical treatment and endoscopic interventions are primarily offered to patients with chronic pancreatitis, approximately around 50% will ultimately require palliative surgery. BT - Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/58921 DO - 10.5772/58921 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -