Anatomical venous landmarks for division of the distal pancreas: Implications for pancreatic resection

• Principais autores: Chandrakumarsing Anauth (Autor), Ruvashni Naidoo (Autor), Lelika Lazarus (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Resection of the pancreas is done for benign and malignant diseases. Distal pancreatectomy (DP) is defined as a resection of the body and tail of the pancreas which lie to the left of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV). The inferior mesenteric vein (IMV) is traditionally described to b...