Clinical efficacy of Frey and Beger procedures for chronic pancreatitis

/Du Bingqing

(杜冰清，Dept hepatobiliopancreat Surg，West Chin Hosp，Sichuan Univ，Chengdu 610041)…∥Chin J Gen Surg.-2011，26(8).-632～634

ObjectiveTo analyse clinical efficacy of Frey and Beger procedures for chronic pancreatitis.MethodsClinical data of seventy patients of chronic pancreatitis undergoing Frey(32 cases)and Beger Procedures(38 cases)in our hospital from January 1999 to June 2009 were retrospectively analyzed，the rate of pain relief and endocrine and exocrine function of the pancreas in longterm follow-up were compared with each other.ResultsOverall perioperative morbidity for Frey group and Beger group was 12.5%and 7.9%respectively(P=0.52);Total pain relief rate in long-term follow-up was 96.8%and 94.7%respectively(P=0.57).Postoperative de novo diabetes mellitus was 12.5%and 21%(x2=0.90，P=0.34)，Rate of steatorrhea was 12.5%and 18.6%respectively(x2=0.15，P=0.70).ConclusionFrey and Beger procedures were equally effective in improving symptoms of chronic pancreatitis and there were no significant differences in perioperative morbidity，rate of pain relief and function of endocrine and exocrine of the pancreas.10 refs，2 figs ，2 tabs