Longitudinal pancreaticogastrostomy in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Effectiveness of Single-Port Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy in Controlling Pain in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis

Introduction: Chronic pancreatitis is defined as a persistent pancreatic inflammatory disease. In chronic pancreatitis, recurrent episodes of inflammation lead to the replacement of pancreatic parenchyma with fibrotic connective tissue. Chronic pancreatitis pain, which may initially mimic acute pancreatitis, is severe, frequent, and continual and has a major impact on the quality of life and so...

Hepatic aberrations in patients with chronic pancreatitis.

Laparoscopic Longitudinal Pancreaticojejunostomy for Chronic Pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by severe abdominal pain and progressive insufficiency of pancreatic endocrine/exocrine function. Pancreatic ductal drainage is one of the most important factors for the management of chronic pancreatitis. A longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy is a simple and radical surgical treatment for pancreatic ductal drainage. However, in recent years laparoscopic pa...

Nutritional profile of patients with chronic pancreatitis.

The nutritional status of patients with chronic pancreatitis was assessed in 76 consecutive patients (63 males, mean age 35 ± 10 years; 13 females, mean age 40 ± 16 years) attending the pancreas clinic of a tertiary care hospital in India. A food frequency questionnaire was used to elicit information regarding dietary intake of food items. Nutrient intake was calculated using the 24 h recall me...

Endoscopic Treatment of Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis

Relapsing chronic pancreatitis is often caused by elevated pressure within the pancreatic duct due to impaired pancreatic juice outflow in the presence of pancreatic duct stricture or stones formed by chronic pancreatic inflammation. Most of this condition is alcoholic, and patients should stop drinking as a treatment. Alleviating the impaired pancreatic juice outflow and decompressing the panc...