TY - JOUR T1 - Natural course of operated pseudocysts in chronic pancreatitis. JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1479 LP - 1482 DO - 10.1136/gut.35.10.1479 VL - 35 IS - 10 AU - A Löhr-Happe AU - M Peiper AU - P G Lankisch Y1 - 1994/10/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/35/10/1479.abstract N2 - A longterm review (median follow up 11 years) of the postoperative course of pancreatic pseudocysts was undertaken in 55 patients with chronic pancreatitis. While 96% of the patients were free of pain immediately after the operation this figure fell to 53% subsequently. Alcohol abstinence did not significantly reduce pain. Endocrine pancreatic deterioration (60%) was significantly (p = 0.0059) more frequent than exocrine (38%). Unemployment increased from 2 to 41%; retirement rose from 0 to 33%, mainly as a result of pancreatitis. Twenty one (38%) patients died. Chronic pancreatitis related death rate was 14%. Three patients died of extrapancreatic carcinomas. ER -