ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2013
Early and late postoperative changes in the quality of life after pancreatic surgery.
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- Cost-effectiveness comparison of prophylactic octreotide and pasireotide for prevention of fistula after pancreatic surgery.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2016Pooled it
- Risk factors for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency after pancreatic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgiePooled it
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- Risk factors for new-onset diabetes mellitus after distal pancreatectomy.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2020Article
- Patient-reported burden of intensified surveillance and surgery in high-risk individuals under pancreatic cancer surveillance.Familial cancer · 2020Article
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- Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency as a Complication of Gastrointestinal Surgery and the Impact of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy.Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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- Population-Level Symptom Assessment Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Adenocarcinoma.JAMA surgery · 2019Observational
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- Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency in Pancreatic Cancer.Nutrients · 2017Review
- Practical guide to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency - Breaking the myths.BMC medicine · 2017Article
- Impact of pancreatectomy on long-term patient-reported symptoms and quality of life in recurrence-free survivors of pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms.Journal of surgical oncology · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare health-related quality of life (QoL) before and after surgery for pancreatic disease.
methodsA retrospective analysis of prospectively gathered data is presented. A total of 174 patients of 230 planned for pancreatic surgery between March and December 2009 at a German high-volume center completed the Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey preoperatively, 133 of them at 3 months and 83 at 24 months after surgery. Data was analysed according to diagnosis and procedure, and compared to German population norms.
resultsQoL in the study group was worse than that of age-matched healthy population at all time points. It decreased continuously in the cancer group, decreased early and showed a trend toward recovery late in patients with benign tumors and chronic pancreatitis. Distal pancreatectomy was the best tolerated and total pancreatectomy the worst tolerated procedure. Older age and development of pancreatic insufficiency affected negatively QoL.
conclusionsIn patients with pancreatic disease, diagnosis determined QoL preoperatively and late after surgery, while in the early postoperative period, type and extent of surgery was the leading factor. Total pancreatectomy had a profound negative effect on QoL and should be reserved for carefully selected patients only.
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