Continuing episodes of pain in recurrent acute pancreatitis: Prospective follow up on a standardised protocol with drugs and pancreatic endotherapy

Table 1 Characteristics of patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis completing the study n (%)

Number	39
Age in years, median (range)	26 (9-55)
Male:female	32 (82):7 (18)
Alcohol abuse	11 (28.2)
Smokers	10 (25.6)
Number of pain episodes (yr), median (range)	3.00 (1-30)
Duration of symptoms (mo), median (range)	12.00 (1-48)
Family history of pancreatitis	0
Drug therapy alone/endotherapy	21 (53.9)/18 (46.1)
Duration of follow up, median (range)	13 (12-24)