Surgery in Chronic Pancreatitis: Indication, Timing and Procedures

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Title:	Surgery in Chronic Pancreatitis: Indication, Timing and Procedures
Author(s):	Bouwense, S.A.W.; Kempeneers, M.A.; Santvoort, H.C. van ; Boermeester, Marja A.; Goor, H. van ; Besselink, M.G.H.
Publication year:	2019
Source:	Visceral Medicine, vol. 35, iss. 2, (2019), pp. 110-118
ISSN:	2297-4725
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1159/000499612
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : https://hdl.handle.net/2066/215715
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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 Sciences
Organization:	Surgery Radboudumc Extern
Journal title:	Visceral Medicine
Volume:	vol. 35
Issue:	iss. 2
Page start:	p. 110
Page end:	p. 118
Abstract:	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.