Pathophysiology of pain in chronic pancreatitis: Clinical implications from a surgical perspective

International Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-296

  Tsiotou, Adelais G ^a   Sakorafas, George H ^b,c  

^a 'Aglaia Kyriakou' Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^b 251 Hellenic Armed Forces Hospital   (Greece)

^c 251 GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beger procedure; Chronic pancreatitis; Denervation procedures; Frey procedure; Lateral pancreatojejunostomy; Pain; Palliation; Pancreatoduodenectomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034303878     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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