Table 1.

Resection using distal pancreatectomy in people with disease limited to the tail of the pancreas (see text).

Ref	Study design	Participants	Results
	Retrospective case series over 20 years (1980–2000), single centre	90 people with chronic pancreatitis (84 evaluated), 58% alcohol-induced, median age 40 years, 69% male	Pain relief: 57% at median 34 months' follow-up. People whose pain recurred reported pain relief for a median 12 months Postoperative complications: 32% Perioperative mortality: 0.9% Long-term mortality: 10% at a median 34 months Endocrine dysfunction: Increase from 10% to 33% over a median 34 months
	Retrospective case series over 22 years (1976–1997), single centre	40 people with chronic pancreatitis (32 evaluated), 25% alcohol-induced, median age 47 years, 55% male	Pain relief: 81% (49% complete pain relief, 32% partial pain relief) at mean 6.7 years Postoperative complications: 15% Perioperative mortality: 0% Long-term mortality: 5% at mean 6.7 years Endocrine dysfunction: Increased by 47% at mean 6.7 years Diabetes: New-onset diabetes at mean 2.8 years: 45%
	Prospective case series over 14 years (1982–1995), single centre	74 people with chronic pancreatitis, alcohol intake not reported, median age 47 years, 55% male	Pain relief: 80% at median 58 months Postoperative complications: 46% Perioperative mortality: 0% Long-term mortality: 12% at median 58 months Diabetes: New-onset diabetes: 25% at median 58 months
	Retrospective case series over 14 years (1984–1997), single centre	235 people, 24% with chronic pancreatitis, alcohol intake not reported, median age 50 years, 43% male	Pain relief: Not assessed Postoperative complications: 31% Mortality: 0.9 in postoperative period (median 10 days) Median hospital stay: 10 days

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