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While most patients with uncomplicated chronic pancreatitis (CP) can be managed conservatively, operative treatment offers good results in carefully selected patients, especially those who have intractable pain and are at risk for opioid dependency. Operative intervention should only be undertaken when conservative measures including endoscopic interventions have been exhausted. In the alcohol-induced group, patients should be required to undergo a rehabilitation programme before operative intervention is undertaken.

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  1. Surgical Gastroenterology, Department of Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    P. C. Bornman FRCS [Ed], FCS [SA], FRCS(Glasg) M.Med Surg & J. E. J. Krige M.Sc., FACS, FRCS [Ed], FCS [SA]

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    P. C. Bornman FRCS [Ed], FCS [SA], FRCS(Glasg) M.Med Surg

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  1. City Hospital Brandenburg, Department of Surgery, Hochstr. 29, Brandenburg an der Havel, 14770, Germany

    René Mantke

  2. Department of Surgery, Viszeral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke Universtität, Leipziger Str. 4460a, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany

    Hans Lippert

  3. Chirurgische Klinik, Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany

    Markus W. Büchler

  4. College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, First Street SW 200, Rochester, 55905, Minnesota, USA

    Michael G. Sarr

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Bornman, P.C., Krige, J.E.J. (2013). Commentary. In: Mantke, R., Lippert, H., Büchler, M., Sarr, M. (eds) International Practices in Pancreatic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74506-8_10

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