Publications by authors named "Charles F Frey"
Objective: To establish the current status of surgical therapy for chronic pancreatitis, recent published reports are examined in the context of the historical advances in the field.
Background: The basis for decompression (drainage), denervation, and resection strategies for the treatment of pain caused by chronic pancreatitis is reviewed. These divergent approaches have finally coalesced as the head of the pancreas has become apparent as the nidus of chronic inflammation.
Objective: To better define the epidemiology of acute pancreatitis in a racially diverse population.
Methods: Analysis of all patients hospitalized in California with first-time acute pancreatitis for the period between January 1994 and September 2001. Subtypes were classified based on the presence or absence of predisposing conditions.
Local resection of the head of the pancreas with pancreaticojejunostomy.
J Gastrointest Surg
January 2006
The etiology of pain in chronic pancreatitis may be ductal hypertension, increased parenchymal pressure, or neural damage. It is difficult to assess the severity of pain in this patient population, a problem made more challenging by the frequency of narcotic dependency. Therapeutic interventions developed to relieve the pain of chronic pancreatitis include denervation of the pancreas, decompression of the main duct of the pancreas, resection of part or all of the diseased pancreas, and reduction of pancreatic secretion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pancreatic leak is a major source of morbidity associated with pancreatic surgery. We sought to identify disease and technique-dependent factors associated with morbidity and mortality after distal pancreatectomy.
Methods: Retrospective review of patients who underwent distal pancreatectomy during a 5-year period.