Objectives: Chronic pancreatitis, a benign inflammatory process of the pancreas resulting in exocrine and endocrine in sufficiency. Pain is the most devastating symptom, for which patient seeks medical advice. Even though these problems are addressed medically, surgery is indicated in many cases of intractable pain. Methods: Thirty- patients who are managed surgically during November 2018 to October 2020 at our institute. Data is collected and analyzed. Various surgical procedures for chronic pancreatitis and their indications are noted. Pain relief, improvement of exocrine and endocrine in sufficiency and improvement of quality of life are studied. Results: Various operative procedures are done including intra operative Celiac plexus block in some. Puestow’s, Frey’s and Whipples PD are done in these patients, which are selected according to the pathological anatomy. We observed long lasting pain relief is observed in 90% of our patients. In two of the patient’s surgery was done in acute condition with edematous pancreas. In these cases, intra operative celiac plexus block was added. Conclusions: Surgery is effective in Chronic Pancreatitis with intractable pain and better results can be obtained with selection of procedure tailor made to the patient. Exocrine and endocrine functions may become better in some patients.
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