title: Chronic pancreatitis--a surgeons' view.
abstract: Chronic pancreatitis is a common disease with consumption of alcohol as a leading cause. It is characterized by an inflammatory mass usually located in the pancreatic head. The aim of treatment is mainly pain relief and improvement in the quality of life, which still poses a major challenge today. Duodenum preserving resections of the pancreas offer the best short-term outcome according to the trials conducted so far. It combines the highest safety of all effective surgical procedures with the highest efficacy; it might sound to be the one ideal operation for CP. In experienced centers the operative strategy might be modified slightly to suit the needs of the individual patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. k.bachmann@uke.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bachmann
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Jakob R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Izbicki
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strate
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000009:adverse effects; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000473:pathology; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols