PO202 / #638 INTRATHECAL DRUG DELIVERY FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN SECONDARY TO CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: E-POSTER VIEWING

Abstract

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a syndrome manifested by abdominal pain, endocrine and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. (1) Treatment of pain is challenging and often fails multiple modalities including medications and surgical interventions. (2) Intrathecal Opioid Therapy (IOT) using targeted drug delivery systems, known as pain pumps, has recently become of special interest for treatment of chronic abdominal pain. Our goal was to assess the efficacy of IOT in improvement of pain levels and reduction of opioid use compared to traditional oral opioid therapy.