Earlier surgery improves outcomes from painful chronic pancreatitis

The timing of surgery for painful chronic pancreatitis (CP) may affect outcomes.Clinical course, Izbicki pain scores, and pancreatic function were retrospectively compared and analyzed between patients undergoing either early or late surgery (< 3 or ≥ 3 years from diagnosis) for painful CP in a s...

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Published in:	Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 97; no. 19; p. e0651
Main Authors:	Ke, Nengwen, Jia, Dan, Huang, Wei, Nunes, Quentin M., Windsor, John A., Liu, Xubao, Sutton, Robert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.05.2018 Wolters Kluwer Health
Subjects:	Abdominal Pain - etiology Abdominal Pain - prevention & control Calcinosis Digestive System Surgical Procedures - adverse effects Digestive System Surgical Procedures - methods Dilatation, Pathologic Female Humans Intraoperative Complications Jaundice - complications Male Middle Aged Observational Study Pancreas - pathology Pancreas - physiology Pancreatic Ducts - pathology Pancreatitis, Chronic - complications Pancreatitis, Chronic - pathology Pancreatitis, Chronic - physiopathology Pancreatitis, Chronic - surgery Postoperative Complications Time Factors
ISSN:	0025-7974, 1536-5964, 1536-5964
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