Painful chronic pancreatitis - new approaches for evaluation and management
Year: 2021
Type: review
Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Management of abdominal pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis is often suboptimal. We review recent data on the epidemiology and new approaches for managing pain in chronic pancreatitis. RECENT FINDINGS: Chronic pancreatitis duration does not appear to affect the pain experience. Pain pattern in chronic pancreatitis patients frequently changes and is not related to traditional patient and disease-related factors. Psychologic comorbidities, i.e. anxiety and depression, are frequent in patients with chronic pancreatitis, and are associated with more severe pain and pain interference. Adjunctive treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, may positively influence pain management in chronic pancreatitis. Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is an increasingly adopted treatment option in painful chronic pancreatitis. Ongoing multicenter studies will help define optimal candidates, predictors of successful pain remission and diabetes outcomes after TPIAT. Pancreatic quantitative sensory testing, a promising technique to interrogate nociception and sensory response, holds promise to identify patients with central sensitization. Initial studies show feasibility to stratify patients into defined pain profiles, and future studies will explore if these can help in prognostication of pain therapy. SUMMARY: Several lines of investigations currently under evaluation are likely to have a positive impact on the management of pain in chronic pancreatitis.
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Advancing Treatment for Pancreatitis: A Prospective Observational Study of TPIAT, The Ohio State University Chronic Pancreatitis Diabetes Pancreas Cancer (CPDPC) Clinical Center, Digestive Diseases Training Program, A Randomized Trial of a Web-based Non-Pharmacological Pain Intervention for Pediatric Chronic Pancreatitis, UPMC Clinical Center for the Study of Diabetes after Acute Pancreatitis, University of Minnesota Clinical Center for the Study of Pancreatic Disease, UPMC Clinical Center for the Study of Chronic Pancreatitis and Diabetes
OpenAlex ID: W3174874928