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  • Title: [Surgery of chronic pancreatitis].
    Author: Gertsch P, Seiler C.
    Journal: Helv Chir Acta; 1992 May; 59(1):81-94. PubMed ID: 1356105.
    Abstract:
    Surgery for chronic pancreatitis may be indicated for local complications, or if the differential diagnosis between cancer and pancreatitis is uncertain, or if pain does not respond to conservative treatment. Local complications of chronic pancreatitis are the most frequent indications for operation. Pseudocysts are often associated with other local complications, and a high mortality rate is observed when haemorrhage occurs. Duodenopancreatectomy can be performed with low mortality, and is indicated if malignancy cannot be excluded, or in the patient with medically intractable pain in whom a pancreatico-jejunostomy is technically not feasible.
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