Ankit Chhoda, Maria Jose Hernandez-Woodbine, Nana Afua Akkya Addo, Syed Alishan Nasir, Alyssa Grimshaw, Craig Gunderson, Awais Ahmed, Steven D Freedman, Sunil G Sheth
BACKGROUND: Bone disease is an under-recognized cause of morbidity in chronic pancreatitis (CP). Over the past decade, publications of original studies on bone disease in CP has warranted synthesis of the evidence to ascertain the true burden of the problem. AIM: To quantify the prevalence of osteopenia, osteoporosis, and fragility fractures in CP patients and investigate the associated clinical features and outcomes. METHODS: A systematic search identified studies investigating bone disease in CP patients from Cochrane Library, Embase, Google Scholar, Ovid Medline, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, from inception until October 2022...
February 28, 2023: World Journal of Gastroenterology: WJG