Surgery in Chronic Pancreatitis: Indication, Timing and Procedures
Publication year
2019Source
Visceral Medicine, 35, 2, (2019), pp. 110-118ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Surgery
Radboudumc Extern
Journal title
Visceral Medicine
Volume
vol. 35
Issue
iss. 2
Page start
p. 110
Page end
p. 118
Subject
Radboudumc 10: Reconstructive and regenerative medicine RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health Sciences; Radboudumc 10: Reconstructive and regenerative medicine RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life SciencesAbstract
Chronic pancreatitis is a chronic inflammation of the pancreas with pain as its severest symptom and often an impaired quality of life. Surgical intervention plays an important role in the management of pain but is generally kept as a last resort when conservative measures and endoscopy have failed. However, in the last few years multiple studies suggested the superiority of (early) surgical treatment in chronic pancreatitis for multiple end points, including pain relief. In this paper we highlight the most recent high-quality evidence on surgical therapy in chronic pancreatitis and the rationale for early (surgical) intervention.
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