Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 33.3%Moderate 2 · 66.7%High 0 · 0%

Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · participants with painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis

Surgery may leads to higher pain relief compared with conservative treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Endoscopic or surgical intervention for painful obstructive chronic pancreatitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 7.1 [1.93, 25.8]
1 study · 32 participants
Low

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