[Operative procedures for chronic pancreatitis (author's transl)].
The long-term results of 50 patients with chronically calcifying or chronically obstructive pancreatitis who underwent 61 operative interventions without immediate lethality show a superiority of resection over drainage operation. Even in cases of continued alcohol misuse pain was reduced permanently in many cases, however, the time of survival is shortened.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
Zur Operationswahl bei chronischer Pankreatitis. Uberlegungen auf der Basis eigener Behandlungsergebnisse.