- Recommendation ID
- NG104/4
- Question
Pain management: small duct disease:- What is the most clinically effective and cost-effective intervention for managing small duct disease (in the absence of pancreatic duct obstruction, inflammatory mass or pseudocyst) in people with chronic pancreatitis presenting with pain?
- Any explanatory notes
(if applicable) Why this is important:- Chronic pancreatitis with small duct disease is more difficult to treat than without the disease because there is no anatomically correctable pancreatic abnormality – for example, pancreatic duct obstruction, inflammatory mass or pseudocysts. A randomised controlled trial study is needed to determine what the most effective intervention is for treating small duct disease. The following interventions should be compared with each other and with no treatment: surgery (partial
resection, total resection with or without islet transplant, or drainage), endoscopic treatment, or standard care (for example, pharmacological treatment only, enzyme replacement therapy, nerve blocks).
Source guidance details
- Comes from guidance
- Pancreatitis
- Number
- NG104
- Date issued
- September 2018
Other details
| Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? | No |
| Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register? | No |
| Last Reviewed | 30/09/2018 |