Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts
- 1 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
- Vol. 43 (6), 586-590
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mcg.0b013e31817440be
Abstract
Goals Compare patient characteristics and outcome and also physician referral patterns between surgically and nonsurgically managed patients with pancreatic pseudocysts. Background Treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts can be accomplished by surgical, endoscopic, or percutaneous procedures. The ideal treatment method has not yet been defined. Patients All patients treated for pancreatic pseudocyst between 1999 and 2005 were identified in our health services database. Patients were treated with surgical, endoscopic, and percutaneous drainage procedures at the discretion of the treating physician. Main outcome measures included complications, pseudocyst resolution, and treatment modality as a function of the treating physician's specialty. Results Thirty patients (49%) were treated surgically, 24 endoscopically (39%), and 7 (11%) with percutaneous drainage. The most common indications for treatment were symptoms of pain, and biliary or gastric outlet obstruction (81%). Patients treated surgically and endoscopically were similar in terms of age (49 vs. 52 y), mean cyst diameter (9.1 vs. 9.5 cm, P=0.74), incidence of chronic pancreatitis (50% vs. 32%, P=0.26) and complicated pancreaticobiliary disease (69% vs. 60%). There were no differences in complications (20% vs. 21%) or pseudocyst resolution (93.3% vs. 87.5%, P=0.39) between the surgical and endoscopic groups. There was no significant difference in the rate of surgical versus nonsurgical treatment in patients initially evaluated by surgeons versus nonsurgeons. Conclusions Surgical and endoscopic interventions for pancreatic pseudocysts are equally safe and effective with percutaneous drainage playing a less important role. Endoscopic drainage should be considered for initial therapy in appropriate patients.Keywords
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