Distal pancreatectomy with conservation of the spleen. Apropos of 3 consecutive cases
Franchello, A.; Olivero, G.; Alberghina, A.; Orlando, E.; Enrichens, F.
Minerva Chirurgica 44(11): 1557-1560
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 2771106 Document Number: 334939
Three distal pancreatectomies with preservation of the spleen are described. The indications were infiltration of the pancreatic tail by a gastric adenocarcinoma in the first patient; acute and chronic inflammation of the pancreas in the second and third. This type of operation takes very little longer than classic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy, does not increase the incidence of postoperative complications and above all prevents the onset of sometimes lethal sepsis especially in young patients.