Although distal pancreatectomies for diffuse chronic pancreatitis have gone out of favor, there are still selected situations when a localized, anatomic distal pancreatectomy is indicated. The following two procedures describe open and laparoscopic techniques - each of which may have selected indications/contraindications. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Sarr, M. G., Bell, R. H., Denham, E. W., & Hinder, R. A. (2007). Distal pancreatectomy. In Atlas of Upper Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery (pp. 929–947). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68866-2_91
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