Quality of life after endoscopic procedures for chronic pancreatitis: A multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic Pancreatitis (CP) causes morphological changes in the pancreatic tissue, leading to complications and pain, which may require endoscopic interventions.

Objective

Our aim was to determine the frequency of endoscopic procedures (EP) in CP patients and to analyse pain and quality of life (QoL) in these patients after their EP.

Methods

This study included 1327 CP patients from the Scandinavian Baltic Pancreatic Club (SBPC) database including four countries and eight centres. We analysed patients undergoing EPs and gathered information on the EP, pancreatic function, pain, disease and duration. The EORTC C-30 QoL questionnaire was gathered prospectively and multivariable analysis was conducted on independent parameters between the groups. The reference p

SUBMITTER: Parhiala M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637126 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature