Endoscopic management of chronic pancreatitis

Table 1 Summary of endotherapy in treatment of pancreatic strictures

Study	No. of patients	Tech success (%)	Average follow up time (mo)	Percent improvement in pain (%)
Weber et al[103]	19	89.4	24	89.4
Costamagna et al[40]	19	83.3	38	84
Eleftherladis et al[39]	100	70	69	70
Rosch et al[35]	1018	88	60	85
Eisendrath et al[104]	100	100	69	70
Layer et al[105]	66	NA	36	50
Cremer et al[106]	75	NR	37	94

NR: Not reported; NA: Not applicable.

Table 2 Studies that evaluated endoscopic shock wave lithotripsy with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogrophy for chronic pancreatitis

Study	Total patients	No. of patients in any amount of pain at follow up	Duct clearance	Mean follow up time (mo)
Sauerbruch et al[107]	8	8	8	11
Den Toom et al[108]	8	8 (7 pain relief)	8	17
Sauerbruch et al[109]	24	24	24	24
Delhaye et al[60]	123	88	123
Schneider et al[110]	50	39	48	20
Van der Hul et al[111]	17	17	17	30
Wolf et al[112]	12	9	12	19-22
Schreiber et al[113]	10	7	10	12
Johanns et al[114]	35	23	16	NA
Ohara et al[115]	32	7	24	44
Matthews et al[116]	19	13	19	6 mo-6 yr
1Costamagna et al[117]	35	32	35	6
Adamek et al[49]	80	80	NA	NA
Brand et al[55]	48	17	48	7
Karasawa et al[118]	24	12	24	12
Kozarek et al[36]	40	28	NA	2.4 yr
Rubenstein et al[119]	23	NA	23	NA

¹Pain relief was not a primary end point. NA: Not applicable.

Table 3 Summary of studies that evaluated efficacy of endoscopic biliary polyethylene stents for treatment of common bile duct strictures

Study	Total patients	Success rate (%)-short term	Stricture resolution (%)	Stent occlusion (%)	Stent migration (%)	Follow up time (mo)
Deviere et al[85]	25	100	3 (12)	32	40	14
Barthet et al[83]	19	100	2 (11)	0	5	18
Smits et al[82]	58	100	16 (28)	62	7	49
Kiehne et al[81]	14	100	2 (16)	36	NA	NA
Vitale et al[80]	25	100	20 (80)	12	8	32
Farnbacher et al[79]	31	100	10 (32)	29	23	24
Eickhoff et al[78]	39	100	12 (31)	33	10	58
Average	30	100	30	29.14	17.16	32.5

NA: Not applicable.