Perioperative and long‐term results of laparoscopic spleen‐preserving distal pancreatectomy with or without splenic vessels conservation: A retrospective analysis

Abstract

Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy is feasible. A moderate risk of postoperative splenic infarction has to be taken into account, and the formation of perigastric varices may be interpreted as a paraphysiologic phenomenon, especially after splenic vessels resection.