摘要
Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas that causes significant challenges to both patients and providers.The combination of excruciating pain often requires narcotic pain medications and leads to dependency;exocrine and endocrine insufficiencies lead to an extremely poor quality of life for these patients(1).The heightened sensitivity often makes management more complicated from the provider’s perspective.Medical management has limited options,primarily involving narcotic pain medications,antioxidants,fluid therapies.
