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The Visceral-to-subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Area Ratio Is Associated with Retreatment in Chronic Pancreatitis Patients with Pancreatolithiasis after Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

OBJECTIVE: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been used to treat pancreatolithiasis in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP), but the high recurrence rate remains challenging. We therefore evaluated the association between body composition parameters and the prediction of retreatment...

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Autores principales: Yokoyama, Kunihiko, Takamura, Masaaki, Watanabe, Jun, Nakamura, Atsuo, Sato, Yuichi, Sekine, Atsuo, Terai, Shuji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9841102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35650122
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9038-21