Jun-Tao Ji

TL;DR: The risk of developing DM in patients with CP is not only influenced by the development of biliary stricture and steatorrhea indicating disease progression, and inherent nature of study subjects such as male sex, but also by modifiable factors including alcohol abuse and distal pancreatectomy.

TL;DR: The risk of pancreatic cancer is markedly increased in chronic pancreatitis patients compared with the general population, especially in patients with an older age at onset and a >60 pack-year smoking history.

TL;DR: ESWL is a safe and effective method to treat Chinese patients with painful chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic stones and this procedure can significantly improve the success rate of endotherapy.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated outcomes of pancreatic extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (P-ESWL) for the removal of large pancreatic stones coexisting with pancreatic pseudocysts (PPCs) in chronic pancreatitis.

TL;DR: Analysis of both retrospectively and prospectively acquired database for CP patients admitted to the authors' center from January 2000 to December 2013 concluded that male gender, adult, diabetes, alcohol abuse and pancreaticoduodenectomy lead to increased risk of steatorrhea in CP patients.