Table 6 Comparison of pain and pancreatic function before and after surgery
From: Early outcome of Frey’s procedure for chronic pancreatitis: Nepalese tertiary center experience
Preoperative | Postoperative | p value | |
Pancreatic function (25) (N/ %) | |||
DM | 6/25 (24%) | 7/25 (26.9%) | 0.327 |
Steatorrhea | 2/25 (8%) | 2/25 (8%) | 1 |
Pain score (Mean ± S.D) | |||
VAS score (25) | 70.0 ± 15.8 | 24.4 ± 14.17 | <0.01 |
Izbicki pain score at 3 months (25) | 53.4 ± 18.0 | 10.7 ± 11.36 | <0.01 |
Izbicki pain score at 12 months (21) | 54.7 ± 19.33 | 9.9 ± 9.03 | <0.01 |