Can chronic pancreatitis be cured?
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Dr. Linda Lee of Johns Hopkins Medicine answered:The illness itself can be halted. Surgery to relieve pain is successful in as much as 70 percent of the cases. Sometimes, though, the actual damage that has been done to the pancreas cannot be reversed.
The illness itself can be halted. Surgery to relieve pain is successful in as much as 70 percent of the cases. Sometimes, though, the actual damage that has been done to the pancreas cannot be reversed. More
