Intrahepatic pressure, oxygen partial pressure and pain in chronic pancreatitis
Limmer, J.C.; Knoefel, W.T.; Bloechle, C.; Katzer, A.; Izbicki, J.R.; Broelsch, C.E.
Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. Kongress 114: 1078-1080
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0942-2854 PMID: 9574338 Document Number: 483301
We investigated the relationship between pain, intraductal and parenchymal pancreatic pressures and oxygen partial pressure in 39 patients who underwent surgery for chronic pancreatitis with intractable pain. Acute pain was correlated with parenchymal pressure; correlation between pain and oxygen pressure could not be found. Since no strong correlation exists between pain and parenchymal pressure, we hypothesise that pressure and parenchymal factors contribute to the pathogenesis of pain in chronic pancreatitis.