Pain control for chronic pancreatitis: conservative or surgical treatment / 中华胰腺病杂志

ABSTRACT

Pain control is one of the primary objectives in the treatment for chronic pancreatitis (CP). More and more evidence clearly shows that early surgery is superior to endoscope-surgery step-up strategy in pain control, and how to accelerate the translation of high-level evidence into clinical practice will be the next initiative. Meanwhile, how to establish the diagnosis for early CP and prediction model(s) for the effectiveness of endoscopic treatment in CP are two related key directions for future research. Multidiscipline cooperation is an important component in CP treatment, and will be an important way to promote an individualized, reasonable and precise management for CP.