Review Article

Surgical Approaches to Chronic Pancreatitis

Table 2

Randomized controlled studies comparing endoscopic and surgical treatment of painful CP.

AuthorsPublicationNumber of patientsResults

Díte et al.Endoscopy. 2003 [21]72Surgery better than endoscopy
Cahen et al.N. Engl. J. Med. 2007 [22]39Surgery better than endoscopy
Cahen et al.Gastroenterology. 2011 [23]39Surgery better than endoscopy