Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	35610
Country	Italy

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Staging chronic pancreatitis with exocrine function tests: Are we better?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Cosimo Sperti and Lucia Moletta
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Cosimo Sperti, MD, Professor, Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, 3rd Surgical Clinic, via Giustiniani 2, Padua 35128, Italy. csperti@libero.it
Key Words	Chronic pancreatitis; Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency; Fecal elastase-1; Pancreatic function tests; Steathorrea.
Core Tip	Classification of chronic pancreatitis is useful for planning adequate diagnosis and management of the disease, particularly in the early detection and prevention of related-complications. Recognition of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency is useful for graduating severity of chronic pancreatitis in modern classification systems, and fecal elastase determination appears the better method in term of simplicity and sensitivity to stage exocrine function of the pancreas. However, sensitivity of elastase-1 is low in early stage of chronic pancreatitis, and new diagnostic tools or combination of different procedures are needed to better stage pancreatic function.
Citation	Sperti C, Moletta L. Staging chronic pancreatitis with exocrine function tests: Are we better? World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(38): 6927-6930

Received	2017-07-27 01:25
Peer-Review Started	2017-07-27 05:23
To Make the First Decision	2017-08-30 04:07
Return for Revision	2017-08-30 06:10
Revised	2017-09-07 13:07
Second Decision	2017-09-14 07:31
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2017-09-14 15:05
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2017-09-19 20:55
Articles in Press	2017-09-19 20:55
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Typeset the Manuscript	2017-09-29 11:02

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