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. 2015 Apr 21;5(3):51-53.
doi: 10.1002/cld.465. eCollection 2015 Mar.

Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy

Rizwan Ahmed  1 , Christi M Walsh  1 , Martin A Makary  1
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Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy

Rizwan Ahmed et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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Figures

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Figure 1
Tattoo to help localize a lesion at tail of the pancreas.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Spleen preserving distal pancreatectomy: port site placement and vessel‐preserving technique.
Figure 3
Figure 3
(A and B) Laparoscopic dissection and exposure of splenic vessels.
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