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Issa Y, Boermeester MA. Management of chronic pancreatitis: more pain than gain? Br J Surg 2021; 108:1397-1399. [PMID: 34648624 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yama Issa
- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Surgery, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Edwards DA, Hedrick TL, Jayaram J, Argoff C, Gulur P, Holubar SD, Gan TJ, Mythen MG, Miller TE, Shaw AD, Thacker JKM, McEvoy MD, Geiger TM, Gordon DB, Grant MC, Grocott M, Gupta R, Hah JM, Hurley RW, Kent ML, King AB, Oderda GM, Sun E, Wu CL. American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Perioperative Management of Patients on Preoperative Opioid Therapy. Anesth Analg 2019; 129:553-566. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bouwense SAW, Kempeneers MA, van Santvoort HC, Boermeester MA, van Goor H, Besselink MG. Surgery in Chronic Pancreatitis: Indication, Timing and Procedures. Visc Med 2019; 35:110-118. [PMID: 31192244 DOI: 10.1159/000499612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Chronic pancreatitis is a chronic inflammation of the pancreas with pain as its severest symptom and often an impaired quality of life. Surgical intervention plays an important role in the management of pain but is generally kept as a last resort when conservative measures and endoscopy have failed. However, in the last few years multiple studies suggested the superiority of (early) surgical treatment in chronic pancreatitis for multiple end points, including pain relief. In this paper we highlight the most recent high-quality evidence on surgical therapy in chronic pancreatitis and the rationale for early (surgical) intervention.
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- Stefan A W Bouwense
- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.,Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Witry MJ, St Marie BJ, Viyyuri BR, Windschitl PD. Factors Influencing Judgments to Consult Prescription Monitoring Programs: A Factorial Survey Experiment. Pain Manag Nurs 2019; 21:48-56. [PMID: 31133408 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) can provide health care professionals with valuable information. However, few studies have explored providers' decision making for accessing PMPs. AIMS This study aimed to identify provider characteristics and situational factors most influencing perceived importance of consulting the PMP for patients in a simulated context. DESIGN The study used a cross-sectional factorial survey. SETTINGS The survey was administered electronically. PARTICIPANTS/SUBJECTS Community pharmacists, advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), and physicians in Iowa. METHODS Participants were recruited by mail which included a link to the online survey. The survey consisted of demographic questions, eight randomly generated vignettes, and one ranked item. The vignettes described a hypothetical prescription using eight experimental variables whose levels were randomly varied. Respondents evaluated each vignette for importance to access the PMP. Analyses used linear mixed-effects models in R (Version 3.5.0). RESULTS A total of 138 responses were available for multilevel analysis. Women, physicians, and APRNs rated it more important to consult the PMP for a given prescription compared with men and pharmacists. Accessing a PMP was perceived as more important with cash payments, quantity dispensed, suspicion for misuse, hydromorphone and oxycodone prescriptions, and headache. Advancing age, postoperative pain, and anxiety or sleep indications were associated with less importance. CONCLUSIONS Age, indication for prescribing, misuse, and payment mode each independently had greater importance to providers in accessing the PMP. This was the first study to isolate the influence of different controlled substances on how important it was to consult the PMP.
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- Matthew J Witry
- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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He K, Zhou J, Yang F, Chi C, Li H, Mao Y, Hui B, Wang K, Tian J, Wang J. Near-infrared Intraoperative Imaging of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerves: From Preclinical Study to Clinical Trial. Theranostics 2018; 8:304-313. [PMID: 29290809 PMCID: PMC5743549 DOI: 10.7150/thno.22369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The sympathetic nervous system controls and regulates the activities of the heart and other organs. Sympathetic nervous system dysfunction leads to disease. Therefore, intraoperative real-time imaging of thoracic sympathetic nerves (ITSN) would be of great clinical significance for diagnosis and therapy. The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the feasibility and validity of intraoperative ITSN using indocyanine green (ICG). METHODS ITSN using ICG was performed on 10 rabbits to determine its feasibility. Animals were allocated to two groups. The rabbits in one group received the same dose of ICG, but were observed at different times. The rabbits in the other group were administered different doses of ICG, but were observed at the same time. Signal to background ratio (SBR) was measured in regions of interest in all rabbits. Furthermore, fifteen consecutive patients with pulmonary nodules were intravenously injected with ICG 24 h preoperatively and underwent near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging (FI) thoracoscopic surgeries between July 2015 and June 2016. A novel self-developed NIR and white-light dual-channel thoracoscope system was used. SBRs of thoracic sympathetic nerves were calculated in all patients. RESULTS In the preclinical study, we were able to precisely recognize each rabbit's second (T2) to fifth (T5) thoracic ganglia on both sides of the spine using ITSN with ICG. In addition, we explored the relationship between SBR and the injection time of ICG and that between SBR and the dose of ICG. Using the novel dual-channel thoracoscope system, we were able to locate the ganglia from the stellate ganglion (SG) to the sixth thoracic ganglion (T6), as well as the chains between these ganglia in all patients with a high SBR value of 3.26 (standard deviation: 0.57). The pathological results confirmed our findings. CONCLUSION We were able to use ICG FI to distinguish thoracic sympathetic nerves during NIR thoracoscopic surgery. The technique may replace the rib-oriented method as standard practice for mapping the thoracic sympathetic nerves.
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- Kunshan He
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, No.11, Xi Zhi Men South Avenue, Beijing100190, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, No.11, Xi Zhi Men South Avenue, Beijing100190, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, No.11, Xi Zhi Men South Avenue, Beijing100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, No.11, Xi Zhi Men South Avenue, Beijing100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, No.11, Xi Zhi Men South Avenue, Beijing100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, No.11, Xi Zhi Men South Avenue, Beijing100190, China
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Towards a neurobiological understanding of pain in chronic pancreatitis: mechanisms and implications for treatment. Pain Rep 2017; 2:e625. [PMID: 29392239 PMCID: PMC5741325 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We summarize the evidence for a neurobiological understanding of pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis and discuss its potential impact on prevention and treatment. Introduction: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a disease characterized by inflammation of the pancreas resulting in replacement of the normal functioning parenchyma by fibrotic connective tissue. This process leads to progressively impairment of exocrine and endocrine function and many patients develop a chronic pain syndrome. Objectives: We aimed to characterize the neurobiological signature of pain associated with CP and to discuss its implications for treatment strategies. Methods: Relevant basic and clinical articles were selected for review following an extensive search of the literature. Results: Pathophysiological changes in the peripheral (pancreatic gland) and central nervous system characterize the pain syndrome associated with CP; involved mechanisms can be broken down to 3 main branches: (1) peripheral sensitization, (2) pancreatic neuropathy, and (3) neuroplastic changes in the central pain pathways. Disease flares (recurrent pancreatitis) may accelerate the pathophysiological process and further sensitize the pain system, which ultimately results in an autonomous and self-perpetuating pain state that may become independent of the peripheral nociceptive drive. These findings share many similarities with those observed in neuropathic pain disorders and have important implications for treatment; adjuvant analgesics are effective in a subset of patients, and neuromodulation and neuropsychological interventions may prove useful in the future. Conclusion: Chronic pancreatitis is associated with abnormal processing of pain at the peripheral and central level of the pain system. This neurobiological understanding of pain has important clinical implications for treatment and prevention of pain chronification.
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Chronic pancreatitis is defined as a pathological fibro-inflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental and/or other risk factors who develop persistent pathological responses to parenchymal injury or stress. Potential causes can include toxic factors (such as alcohol or smoking), metabolic abnormalities, idiopathic mechanisms, genetics, autoimmune responses and obstructive mechanisms. The pathophysiology of chronic pancreatitis is fairly complex and includes acinar cell injury, acinar stress responses, duct dysfunction, persistent or altered inflammation, and/or neuro-immune crosstalk, but these mechanisms are not completely understood. Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by ongoing inflammation of the pancreas that results in progressive loss of the endocrine and exocrine compartment owing to atrophy and/or replacement with fibrotic tissue. Functional consequences include recurrent or constant abdominal pain, diabetes mellitus (endocrine insufficiency) and maldigestion (exocrine insufficiency). Diagnosing early-stage chronic pancreatitis is challenging as changes are subtle, ill-defined and overlap those of other disorders. Later stages are characterized by variable fibrosis and calcification of the pancreatic parenchyma; dilatation, distortion and stricturing of the pancreatic ducts; pseudocysts; intrapancreatic bile duct stricturing; narrowing of the duodenum; and superior mesenteric, portal and/or splenic vein thrombosis. Treatment options comprise medical, radiological, endoscopic and surgical interventions, but evidence-based approaches are limited. This Primer highlights the major progress that has been made in understanding the pathophysiology, presentation, prevalence and management of chronic pancreatitis and its complications.
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Hashmonai M, Cameron AEP, Licht PB, Hensman C, Schick CH. Thoracic sympathectomy: a review of current indications. Surg Endosc 2015; 30:1255-69. [PMID: 26123342 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4353-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Thoracic sympathetic ablation was introduced over a century ago. While some of the early indications have become obsolete, new ones have emerged. Sympathetic ablation is being still performed for some odd indications thus prompting the present study, which reviews the evidence base for current practice. METHODS The literature was reviewed using the PubMed/Medline Database, and pertinent articles regarding the indications for thoracic sympathectomy were retrieved and evaluated. Old, historical articles were also reviewed as required. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Currently, thoracic sympathetic ablation is indicated mainly for primary hyperhidrosis, especially affecting the palm, and to a lesser degree, axilla and face, and for facial blushing. Despite modern pharmaceutical, endovascular and surgical treatments, sympathetic ablation has still a place in the treatment of very selected cases of angina, arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy. Thoracic sympathetic ablation is indicated in several painful conditions: the early stages of complex regional pain syndrome, erythromelalgia, and some pancreatic and other painful abdominal pathologies. Although ischaemia was historically the major indication for sympathetic ablation, its use has declined to a few selected cases of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease), microemboli, primary Raynaud's phenomenon and Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to collagen diseases, paraneoplastic syndrome, frostbite and vibration syndrome. Thoracic sympathetic ablation for hypertension is obsolete, and direct endovascular renal sympathectomy still requires adequate clinical trials. There are rare publications of sympathetic ablation for primary phobias, but there is no scientific basis to support sympathetic surgery for any psychiatric indication.
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- Moshe Hashmonai
- Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, PO Box 359, 30952119, Zikhron Ya'akov, Haifa, Israel.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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van Rijckevorsel DCM, de Vries M, Schreuder LTW, Wilder-Smith OHG, van Goor H. Risk factors for chronic postsurgical abdominal and pelvic pain. Pain Manag 2015; 5:107-16. [DOI: 10.2217/pmt.14.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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SUMMARY Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) may develop after any surgical procedure, and is a common feature after abdominal and pelvic surgery with a prevalence varying between 10 and 40%. The pathological mechanisms leading to chronic CPSP are probably inflammation, tissue and nerve damage and alterations in central pain processing. The mechanisms in chronic postsurgical abdominal and pelvic pain are poorly studied and research has largely focused on reporting of prevalence and describing risk factors, including patient characteristics, psychological factors, surgical procedure and pre- and acute postoperative pain. In this review, the most important risk factors are discussed, and aiming for preventive, personalized health care, possible methods for prediction of susceptibility and potential strategies for diminishing chronic postsurgical abdominal and pelvic pain are provided.
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- Dagmar CM van Rijckevorsel
- Pain & Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Surgery, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Pain & Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Surgery, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Pain & Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Surgery, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Pain & Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain & Palliative Medicine, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Pain & Nociception Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Surgery, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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This Review covers the latest developments in the treatment options for chronic pancreatitis. Pain is the most frequent and dominant symptom in patients with chronic pancreatitis, which ranges from severe disabling continuous pain to mild pain attacks and pain-free periods. Conventional treatment strategies and recent changes in the treatment of pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis are outlined. The different treatment options for pain consist of medical therapy, endoscopy or surgery. Their related merits and drawbacks are discussed. Finally, novel insights in the field of genetics and microbiota are summarized, and future perspectives are discussed.
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Splanchnicectomy for pancreatic cancer pain. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:941726. [PMID: 24868557 PMCID: PMC4017796 DOI: 10.1155/2014/941726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Persistent pain is a serious problem that often contributes to a poor quality of life in pancreatic cancer patients. Medical management by opioid analgesics is often accompanied by side effects and incomplete pain relief. A celiac plexus block is a simple treatment which relieves pain, but the procedure demands a certain degree of proficiency and the duration of the effects obtained can be rather limited. Transhiatal bilateral splanchnicectomy achieves a certain denervation of splanchnic nerves, but it requires a laparotomy. Unilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy is a minimally invasive procedure to cause definite denervation. Bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy is recommended for unsatisfactory cases or recurrent pain occurring after the initial unilateral splanchnicectomy. It is important to select the most suitable treatment depending on patients' actual medical state and the predicted outcomes.
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