[Preoperative treatment of chronic pancreatitis]

At the beginning the treatment of chronic pancreatitis should always be conservative. On the other hand operative measures are indicated if pancreatitic complications develop or if a suspicion of pancreatic cancer cannot definitely ruled out. It is, however, unclear whether surgery is indicated in cases of severe uncontrollable pain symptomatic. In order to prevent the suffering of a prolonged burning out of the disease we also consider surgical therapy as a solution for these patients.