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Does anyone know who can treat a big pancreas stone?

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Dr. William Walsh answered

Specializes in Addiction Medicine

Surgery, GI, or rads: Usually gastroenterology will attempt to stent the pancreatic duct and open the biliary duct. If this fails general surgery may attempt to remove the stone or do whatever else is necessary to get the duct working. There are many approaches and you and the surgeon should discuss it. For patients that are poor operative candidates, stenting plus ultrasound guided destruction of the stone is poss.

Answered 1/1/2015

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