Tips and tricks of splenic vessel preservation during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy.
Claire GoumardSatoshi OgisoMasayuki OkunoJason B FlemingMichael KimChing-Wei D TzengJean-Nicolas VautheyJeffrey E LeeClaudius ConradPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2017)
This systematic approach may maximize the changes of successful SVP, while avoiding postoperative complications such as splenic infarct, left-sided portal hypertension or overwhelming post-splenectomy sepsis.