Open AccessSingle incision laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy for neuroendocrine tumor of the tail of pancreas
Author(s) -
Srikanth Gadiyaram,
Neel Shetty,
Deepak Dubey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.115377
Subject(s) - medicine , distal pancreatectomy , splenectomy , pancreas , surgery , pancreatectomy , laparoscopy , resection , general surgery , spleen
Laparoscopic resection is becoming the standard of care for tumors located in the body and tail of pancreas. We herein report a patient with neuroendocrine tumor in the tail of pancreas who underwent single incision laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy without the use of a commercial port device.
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