Pathological Considerations in the Choice of Operation for Chronic Relapsing Pancreatitis

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THE most controversial aspect of pancreatic surgery concerns the choice of an appropriate operative procedure in the management of chronic relapsing pancreatitis. The evolution of the surgical treatment of this disease characterizes the evolution of surgery of the pancreas in general. The slow and painful progress in knowledge of pancreatic surgery is recognizable. The initial timid, indirect and circuitous approach to the surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis, dictated by ignorance of the etiology and pathology of the disease and by the fear of attacking the pancreas directly, is apparent. Concern with the theories of etiology overshadowed considerations of the precise . . .

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