Compared with insertion of a passive abdominal drain after distal pancreatectomy, which has been standard practice, not inserting a drain did not increase rates of major morbidity and reduced the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) –powered spatial analysis of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) for prediction of prognosis in resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults who undergo partial pancreatectomy are at increased risk for developing a form of new-onset diabetes ...

Minimally invasive procedure to remove part of pancreas offers a shorter hospital stay and faster recovery. Eugene Allen, a retired police officer and teacher from Sicklerville, N.J., had a decision ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A noninferiority trial showed similar rates of radical resection with both approaches. OS and DFS curves of the ...

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 ...