For patients with distal pancreatectomy, a no-drain policy is noninferior in terms of major morbidity, according to a study published online March 15 in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

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.

Research led by Amsterdam UMC across 10 Dutch hospitals and two Italian hospitals has found that not placing a drain during surgery improves outcomes in patients undergoing a left-sided pancreatic ...

Solid pseudopapillary tumour, first described by Frantz in 1959, is a rare primary neoplasm of the pancreas with a low malignant potential which tends to occur primarily in young women [1, 2]. In most ...

How does minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) compare with conventional open surgery for the surgical management of patients with pathology in the distal pancreas? In a study published in ...

You might have surgery to remove the body and tail of your pancreas. It is called a distal pancreatectomy. Very rarely, your surgeon might plan to remove the whole pancreas. This is called a total ...

Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the left part of the pancreas (an organ in the upper abdomen that is involved in digestion and produces insulin). The procedure is carried out ...

THE most controversial aspect of pancreatic surgery concerns the choice of an appropriate operative procedure in the management of chronic relapsing pancreatitis. The evolution of the surgical ...

Research led by Amsterdam UMC across ten Dutch hospitals and two Italian hospitals has found that not placing a drain during surgery improves outcomes in patients undergoing a left-sided pancreatic ...