Publications by authors named "Johanna M Pahlplatz"
Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
March 2015
Background: Endoscopy and surgery are the treatment modalities of choice for patients with chronic pancreatitis and dilated pancreatic duct (obstructive chronic pancreatitis). Physicians face, without clear consensus, the choice between endoscopy or surgery for this group of patients.
Objectives: To assess and compare the effects and complications of surgical and endoscopic interventions in the management of pain for obstructive chronic pancreatitis.
Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
January 2012
Background: Endoscopy and surgery are the treatment modalities of choice in patients with obstructive chronic pancreatitis. Physicians face the decision between endoscopy and surgery for this group of patients, without clear consensus.
Objectives: To assess and compare the effectiveness and complications of surgical and endoscopic interventions in the management of pain for obstructive chronic pancreatitis.