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Pancreas divisum - Treatment

Treatment:

If you have this condition and have symptoms or pancreatitis that keeps returning, your doctor may recommend surgery.

Expectations (prognosis):

The outcome is usually good.

Complications:

The main complication of pancreas divisum is pancreatitis.

Calling your health care provider:

Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you develop symptoms of this disorder.

Digestive system

Endocrine glands

Pancreas

Reviewed last on: 10/13/2008
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Owyang C. Pancreatitis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 147.

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