ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection (DPPHR) for patients with pancreas divisum (PD) and chronic pancreatitis (CP).

In summary, the treatment of chronic pancreatitis should aim at the alleviation of clinical symptoms, the correction of complications and the improvement of life quality.

Treatment of uncomplicated CP is usually conservative with the major aim being to effectively alleviate pain, maldigestion and diabetes, and consequently, to improve the patient's quality of life.