The Endoscopic Management of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis

Table 2

Selected studies on pain relief with pancreatic endotherapy.

Author	Year	Number of cases	Procedure performed	Pain relief (%)
McCarthy et al. [44]	1988	33	PS, stent	80
Sauerbruch et al. [45]	1992	24	PS, stent, ESWL	50
Delhaye et al. [46]	1992	123	PS, stent, ESWL	37
Binmoeller et al. [47]	1995	93	PS, stent, ESWL	64
Adamek et al. [48]	1999	70	PS, stent, ESWL	54
Rösch et al. [33]	2002	1018	PS, stent, ESWL	85
Díte et al. [49]	2003	36	PS, stent, ESWL	65
Delhaye et al. [41]	2004	56	PS, stent, ESWL	78
Gabbrielli et al. [50]	2005	22	PS, stent, ESWL	100
Costamagna et al. [43]	2006	19	PS, stent (multiple)	84

PS; pancreatic sphincterotomy, ESWL: extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy.