title: [Intrahepatic pressure, oxygen partial pressure and pain in chronic pancreatitis].
abstract: We investigated the relationship between pain, intraductal and parenchymal pancreatic pressures and oxygen partial pressure in 39 patients who underwent surgery for chronic pancreatitis with intractable pain. Acute pain was correlated with parenchymal pressure; correlation between pain and oxygen pressure could not be found. Since no strong correlation exists between pain and parenchymal pressure, we hypothesise that pressure and parenchymal factors contribute to the pathogenesis of pain in chronic pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemeinchirurgie, Chirurgische Klinik Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Limmer
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Knoefel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bloechle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katzer
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Izbicki
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Broelsch
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000503:physiopathology; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000503:physiopathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Intrapankreatische Drücke, Sauerstoffpartialdrücke und Schmerzen bei chronischer Pankreatitis.