Safe exposure of the left renal vein during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: anatomical variations and pitfalls.
Hitoe NishinoYuichi NagakawaChie TakishitaShingo KozonoHiroaki OsakabeNaoya NakagawaKenta SuzukiKenji KatsumataAkihiko TsuchidaPublished in: Surgery today (2020)
The initial exposure of the left renal vein should, therefore, be on the left posterior side of the superior mesenteric artery.
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