Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis: What is the Future?

Kaylene Barrera, Sidharth Sharma, Alexander Schwartzman and Rainer W Gruessner

Department of Surgery, State University of New York, USA

^*Correspondance to: Rainer W Gruessner 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1973

Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis can lead to chronic pain resulting in disability and poor quality of life in many patients. Currently, management centers on adequate pain control, however some patients continue to suffer from pain despite multimodal efforts. Resection and drainage procedures are often attempted; however pain may persist due to remnant pancreas. Total pancreatectomy with auto islet transplantation, once considered to be a radical therapy, and has been increasingly employed as a strategy to treat this disease. Outcomes are promising with some patients achieving both narcotic and insulin independence. Total pancreatectomy and auto islet transplantation should be considered as an early treatment strategy in select patients.

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Barrera K, Sharma S, Schwartzman A, Gruessner RW. Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis: What is the Future? Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 1973.