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7778340

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
The surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis is indicated only in the complicated disease. The aim is mainly the treatment of pain, of mechanical obstacles and to exclude suspicion of cancer. Between October 1972 and January 1993 713 patients with chronic pancreatitis were treated at the Surgical University Hospital in Mannheim. In 40% of the patients conservative treatment was continued or intensified. Only in 123 patients a Whipple operation was performed. The leading symptom was pain in these patients. We saw postoperative surgical complications in 14 patients (11.4%). One of them died due to an operative leak (0.8%). Late results are based on a median follow up of 4.8 years and showed a complete or substantial pain relief in 94%. 66% went back to work. 77% gained weight with an average of more than 10 kg. The rate of postoperative endocrine insufficiency was 10% (total 40%), of exocrine insufficiency 26 (total 51%). Late mortality was 11% and mostly caused by continued alcoholic abuse. Based on these results, the Whipple operation seems to be the best standardized method for surgery of the complicated chronic pancreatitis within the head of the pancreas.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0044-409X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
[The Whipple partial duodenopancreatectomy--its value in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis].
pubmed:affiliation
Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Mannheim.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract