As we began to plan this book about 10 years ago, we wanted to write a practical book for medical students, doctors in training, internists, gas- and surgeons faced with everyday clinical problems in troenterologists, the care of patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis. Now, 10 years lat- er, our book has become much more than what we had originally intend- ed, with so many new findings that have expanded our knowledge of pancreatic diseases,...