Natural history, clinical characteristics, outcomes, and long-term follow-up of pain-free chronic pancreatitis

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Background

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is characterized by chronic abdominal pain and functional insufficiency. However, a small subset of patients with prior acute pancreatitis (AP) and/or underlying risk factors for developing CP may be pain-free at diagnosis and may have a different clinical course. We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics, outcomes, and healthcare utilization between CP patients with and without pain.

Methods

Reviewed patients with established CP were followed in our Pancreas Center between January 2016 and April 2021. Patients without risk factors for developing CP and/or without AP prior to their diagnosis and only with incidental radiologic features of CP were excluded, so as to minimize confounding factors of pancreatopathy unrelate

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162807 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature