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. 2020 Dec;24(12):2865-2873.
doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04718-z. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

A Network Meta-analysis of Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis: Impact on Pain and Quality of Life

Chathura B B Ratnayake  1   2 , Sivesh K Kamarajah  3 , Benjamin P T Loveday  1   4   5 , Manu Nayar  6 , Kofi Oppong  6 , Steve White  3 , Jeremy J French  3 , John A Windsor  1   2 , Sanjay Pandanaboyana  7   8
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A Network Meta-analysis of Surgery for Chronic Pancreatitis: Impact on Pain and Quality of Life

Chathura B B Ratnayake et al. J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Background: The surgical operation associated with improved pain and quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) is unknown.

Method: The Scopus, EMBASE, Medline and Cochrane databases were systematically searched until May 2019, and all randomised trials (RCTs) comparing surgical operations for CP pain were included in a network meta-analysis (NMA).

Results: Four surgical operations for treating CP were directly compared in eight RCTs including 597 patients. Patients were mainly male (79%, 474/597) with alcoholic CP (85%, 382/452). Surgical operations included were pancreatoduodenectomy (224, 38%), Berne procedure (168, 28%), Beger procedure (133, 22%) and Frey procedure (72, 12%). The NMA revealed that the Beger procedure ranked best for pain relief, whilst the Frey procedure ranked best for postoperative QoL, postoperative pancreatic fistula rate and postoperative exocrine insufficiency rate during a median follow-up of 26 months (reported range 6-58 months). Overall the Frey procedure ranked best for the combination of primary outcome measures based on surface under cumulative ranking curve scores.

Conclusions: Overall the Frey procedure may perform the best for both pain relief and postoperative QoL in patients with CP. Further trials are warranted in defining the role of surgery in relation to endotherapy.

Keywords: Chronic pancreatitis; Pain; Pancreatectomy; Quality of life.

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