Article
[Surgery for complications of chronic pancreatitis].
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie - 1 Nov 2001
Witzigmann H, Geissler F, Uhlmann D, Fangmann J, Kohlhaw K, Tannapfel A, Ludwig S, Hauss J
Abstract excerpt
At least 50 % of all patients with chronic pancreatitis require surgical treatment in the course of their disease. Indications for surgery are intractable pain, intra- and extrapancreatic complications and the suspicion of a carcinoma. The basic principles of surgery are resection and drainage. The choice of the surgical procedure depends on the morphological expression and the localization of the pathological...
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