International consensus guidelines for surgery and the timing of intervention in chronic pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex inflammatory disease with pain as the predominant symptom. Pain relief can be achieved using invasive interventions such as endoscopy and surgery. This paper is part of the international consensus guidelines on CP and presents the consensus guideline for surgery and timing of intervention in CP. An international working group with 15 experts on CP surgery from the major pancreas societies (IAP, APA, JPS,...