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- Title
Short- and long-term outcomes of selective use of Frey or extended lateral pancreaticojejunostomy in chronic pancreatitis.
- Authors
Kempeneers, Marinus A.; van Hemert, Annemiek K. E.; van der Hoek, Margot; Issa, Yama; van Hooft, Jeanin E.; Nio, C. Yung; Busch, Olivier R.; van Santvoort, Hjalmar C.; Besselink, Marc G.; Boermeester, Marja A.
- Abstract
Background: Surgery is the most effective treatment in patients with painful chronic pancreatitis and a dilated pancreatic duct. Studies reporting the outcomes of selected surgical approach according to the pancreatic head size in these patients are lacking. Method: This was a retrospective, observational single-centre study of consecutive patients who underwent either a Frey procedure or extended lateral pancreaticojejunostomy (eLPJ) for pain due to chronic pancreatitis with a dilated main pancreatic duct (5mm or more) between 2006 and 2017. A Frey procedure was used in patients with pancreatic head enlargement (40mm or more) and eLPJ (full-length pancreaticojejunostomy, including transection of the gastroduodenal artery) in others. A biliodigestive bypass was added in the case of biliary obstruction. Results: Overall, 140 of 220 patients met the eligibility criteria: 70 underwent a Frey procedure and 70 an eLPJ. Hepaticojejunostomy was added in 17.1 per cent of patients (Frey: 24.3 per cent; eLPJ: 10.0 per cent (P=0.025)). Major morbidity occurred in 15.0 per cent of patients (Frey: 21.4 per cent; eLPJ: 8.6 per cent (P=0.033)). After a median 7.8 years of follow-up, the mean (s.d.) decrease in Izbicki pain score was 33 (27) points (34 (28) points after a Frey procedure; 32 (26) points after an eLPJ). Pain relief was reported as 'very much' by 87.5 per cent of patients (Frey: 86.1 per cent; eLPJ: 88.9 per cent) and as 'partial' by 11.1 per cent (Frey: 13.8 per cent; eLPJ: 8.3 per cent). Conclusion: Selective-use of either a Frey procedure or eLPJ in patients with symptomatic chronic pancreatitis was-associated with low morbidity and long-term pain relief. Adding a-biliodigestive bypass did not increase morbidity.
- Subjects
ANALGESIA; CHRONIC pancreatitis; PANCREATIC surgery; PANCREATIC duct; JEJUNOSTOMY
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 2022, Vol 109, Issue 4, p363
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/bjs/znab473