Reply to “Painless chronic pancreatitis with pancreatic duct stones”

We read with interest the letter from Liping Duan and colleagues entitled "Chronic pancreatitis with pancreatic duct stones", regarding a possible operative approach in patients with painless chronic pancreatitis. Interestingly, the Authors confirm the frequency of painless pancreatitis (around 10% of chronic pancreatitis) and the epidemiological characteristics of these patients observed in our paper. However, they suggest to treat patients...