Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

6 questions · 7 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 28.6%Moderate 5 · 71.4%High 0 · 0%

Relief of pain · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

Endoscopy probably leads to higher pain relief ‐ middle‐term compared with surgery (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.62 [1.22, 2.15]
2 studies · 111 participants
Moderate
Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.56 [1.18, 2.05]
2 studies · 103 participants
Moderate

Major complications and mortality · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

1 finding from 1 review

Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 179 participants
Low

Quality of Life: SF‐36 (physical component) · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

1 finding from 1 review

Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 31 participants
Moderate

Health‐related quality of life (mental) · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

1 finding from 1 review

Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 31 participants
Moderate

Endocrine pancreatic insufficiency (new onset) ‐ long‐term · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

Endoscopy showed no clear difference in endocrine pancreatic insufficiency (new onset) ‐ long‐term compared with surgery (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.92 [0.54, 1.55]
2 studies · 95 participants
Low

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (new onset) · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

Endoscopy showed no clear difference in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (new onset) ‐ long‐term compared with surgery (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.5 [0.19, 1.33]
1 study · 10 participants
Moderate