Total pancreatectomy appears to offer more promise and results in less morbidity than commonly supposed. Results. The clinical records of 11 consecutive patients who recently underwent radical ...

Fat assimilation was determined by 219 daily balance studies in seven patients who had had massive distal pancreatectomy for pancreatitis with preservation of the integrity of the gut lumen.

October 17, 2007 (New Orleans) -- The risk of death nationally after pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis is surprisingly low vs comparable operations for cancer. This may justify more use of ...

A distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the end of the pancreas while leaving the pancreatic head attached. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may ...

Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO You can live without your pancreas; however, it does require you to take ...

Distal pancreatectomy: In a distal pancreatectomy, the surgeon removes the tail of the pancreas and possibly part of the pancreatic body. Often, the spleen is also removed.

Greater centralization was associated with lower rates of postoperative complications and death for lung resection, esophagectomy, and pancreatectomy . For example, there was a 1.1% (95% CI, 1.4% to 0 ...

1. Which doctors will perform pancreatectomy? A gastrointestinal surgeon usually performs pancreatectomy. 2. What is pancreatic insufficiency? Pancreatic insufficiency is a condition that occurs ...

Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy should only be performed in centres specialising in pancreatic surgery and with appropriate expertise in advanced laparoscopic techniques, and in the context of a ...