Easing the Pain of Chronic Pancreatitis

Patients with chronic pancreatitis often face severe, unrelenting pain with little or no relief. There is no cure for this progressive disease; and for many, there’s no effective medical treatment beyond high doses of narcotics. But, a new surgical treatment offered at Dartmouth-Hitchcock offers hope to patients like Jennifer Bowen, who once thought a normal life would never be possible. In this emerging field of study, preliminary results are showing real promise in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis a