@article{DMR4747,
author = {C. Mel Wilcox},
title = {Pain in chronic pancreatitis is complex},
journal = {Digestive Medicine Research},
volume = {1},
number = {0},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory disorder of the pancreas most commonly occurring in 40 to 50-year-old men, and is associated with long-standing alcohol abuse (1,2). Prototypical features include recurrent episodes of abdominal pain which often progress to a severe refractory pain, leading to a significant impact on the quality of life, and disability (3-5). Many of these patients require multiple pharmacological, endoscopic, and even surgical treatments for the disabling pain, but with variable efficacy (6). When refractory and severe, a total pancreatectomy, in the hopes of giving a long-standing pain relief, may be the only option; however, it has its own complications (7).},
issn = {2617-1627}, url = {https://dmr.amegroups.org/article/view/4747}
}