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Surgical drainage of the pancreatic duct was more effective for relieving pain than endoscopic drainage in a study of 39 patients with chronic pancreatitis.
"Surgery is safe and required fewer therapeutic interventions," Dr. Djuna L. Cahen said at the 13th United European Gastroenterology Week. Surgery also led to faster pain relief, said Dr. Cahen, a gastroenterologist at the University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center.
The study involved all patients referred to the Academic Medical Center from January 2000 to October 2004 with symptomatic, chronic pancreatitis and a dominant pancreatic duct obstruction caused by strictures or stones.
Of the 39 patients, 20 were randomized to surgical drainage by pancreaticoje-junostomy and 19 underwent ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Treatment options for pancreatitis.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief...