pancreatectomy

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• In our series, a quarter of the KP recipients had a peripancreatic infection that necessitated pancreatectomy, and these patients did very badly (6 of 14 dead within 12 months of transplantation).

  Academic text (1995)

• Total pancreatectomy provides long-term pain relief in 80-85% of patients, a rate similar to pancreaticoduodenectomy, though one study reported relief in 100% of their patients.

  Academic text (2017)

• Therefore, total pancreatectomy has the potential to provide pain relief, but currently is reserved as an end-of-the-line treatment.

  Academic text (2017)

• Finally, total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation represents an important option for some patients with CP.

  Academic text (2017)

• Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy carried out in cases of insulinomas of great size is a sure technique.

  Academic text (2007)

• First performed by Priestly87 in 1942, total pancreatectomy results in complete endocrine and exocrine insufficiency.

  Academic text (2017)

• Lesions in the tail of the pancreas can often be removed with an operation called a distal pancreatectomy, which involves removing only part of the pancreas.

  Blog text (29)

• Total pancreatectomy is associated with a high rate of post-operative morbidity (40-50%) and the resultant brittle form of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is especially difficult to manage.

  Academic text (2017)

• The doctor recommended a pancreatectomy to treat her severe pancreatitis.

• The surgical team explained that a pancreatectomy would be necessary to alleviate his symptoms.

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