Article ; Online: An update on improving long-term outcomes for patients with chronic pancreatitis post-surgery.
Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology
2024 Volume 18, Issue 1-3, Page(s) 25–36
Abstract: Introduction: Chronic pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disease that severely impairs patients' quality of life, mainly due to abdominal pain which is the most frequent symptom. Current guidelines suggest medical therapy as the first line ... ...
| Abstract | Introduction: Chronic pancreatitis is a common inflammatory disease that severely impairs patients' quality of life, mainly due to abdominal pain which is the most frequent symptom. Current guidelines suggest medical therapy as the first line intervention based on a stepwise use of analgesics (i.e. NSAIDs followed by weak opioids and later by strong oppioids), which is rarely effective in improving pain and often leads to opioid addiction. Interventional procedures are therefore frequently needed. Endoscopic therapy is suggested as the second line of intervention, aiming at decompressing the main pancreatic duct via structure dilatation and ductal stone removal. Endoscopic therapy is usually effective in reducing pain in the short term, but its effects frequently decrease with time and multiple procedures are often required. Surgery is usually reserved as a last resource when medical and endoscopic therapy have failed. Pancreatic surgery is burdened with non negligible morbidity and mortality but is effective in reducing pain and improving quality of life in chronic pancratitis with long lasting effects. Areas covered: Surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis is based on resection of inflammatory head mass or decompression of the ductal system, alone or in combination, which can be performed using different techniques. In this paper we reviewed the current evidence on the long-term outcomes of this type of surgery in terms of pain relief, quality of life, exocrine end endocrine function, and long-term mortality. Expert opinion: Quality of current evidence on this field is on average poor; a consensus to define clinically significant outcomes is needed in order to correctly design prospective studies that will enable gastroenterologists to understand which patients, and when, will benefit most from surgery and should therefore be referred to surgeons. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Quality of Life ; Prospective Studies ; Pancreatitis, Chronic/diagnosis ; Pancreatitis, Chronic/surgery ; Pain ; Endoscopy ; Chronic Disease |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2024-02-27 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
| ZDB-ID | 2481021-6 |
| ISSN | 1747-4132 ; 1747-4124 |
| ISSN (online) | 1747-4132 |
| ISSN | 1747-4124 |
| DOI | 10.1080/17474124.2024.2321947 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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