title: Peritoneoscopy and pancreas biopsy in the diagnosis of pancreatic diseases.
abstract: Peritoneoscopy and pancreatic biopsy under direct vision were performed on 124 cases with a variety of pancreatic diseases by means of supragastric pancreoscopy and supragastric bursoscopy. Among 53 cases of pancreatitis, the pancreas was directly observed in 38 (72%). Among 71 cases of pancreatic carcinoma, observation of pancreas head carcinoma was accomplished in 32% and for pancreas body carcinoma, 85%. Peritoneoscopic biopsy of the pancreas had good diagnostic accuracy with negligible complications.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology