Table 4.
Pancreas Divisum=Yes (n=52) |
Pancreas Divisum=No (n=307) |
p-value | |
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Medical Therapies | |||
Pain medications | 20/49 (41%) | 121/274 (44%) | 0.66 |
Pancreatic enzymes | 20/50 (40%) | 105/273 (38%) | 0.83 |
Vitamins/antioxidants | 17/50 (34%) | 118/276 (43%) | 0.24 |
Steroids | 0/50 (0%) | 8/276 (3%) | 0.61 |
Diabetic medications | 3/50 (6%) | 22/277 (8%) | 0.77 |
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Endoscopic Therapies | |||
Any ERCP | 31/50 (62%) | 152/305 (50%) | 0.11 |
Biliary sphincterotomy | 2/49 (4%) | 66/299 (22%) | <0.01 |
Pancreatic sphincterotomy | 27/50 (54%) | 83/298 (28%) | <0.001 |
Pancreatic duct stent placement | 17/50 (34%) | 80/301 (27%) | 0.27 |
Biliary stent placement | 1/50 (2%) | 17/301 (6%) | 0.48 |
Pancreatic duct stone removal | 6/50 (12%) | 47/300 (16%) | 0.50 |
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Surgical Therapies | |||
Any Pertinent Surgeries | 12 (23%) | 81/305 (27%) | 0.59 |
Cholecystectomy | 4 (8%) | 41/304 (13%) | 0.24 |
Celiac nerve block | 1 (2%) | 5/304 (2%) | 1.0 |
Cyst/pseudo-cyst operation | 1 (2%) | 13/304 (4%) | 0.70 |
Lateral pancreaticojejonstomy | 2 (4%) | 14/304 (4%) | 1.0 |
Partial pancreatectomy | 0 (0%) | 2/304 (1%) | 1.0 |
TPIAT | 5 (10%) | 34/304 (11%) | 1.0 |
ARP: Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis; CP: Chronic Pancreatitis; PD, pancreas divisum; PERT, pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; TPIAT, total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation
Significant p values are highlighted