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Over the past two decades, pancreas surgery has been associated with thorough research and investigation aimed at making significant improvements in the quality of surgical care delivered to patients. Decreasing inflammatory reactions, medical and endoscopic advances, and oncologic understanding of pancreatic neoplasms are some of the factors that have contributed significantly to these improvements. In this chapter, we focus on many of the advances seen in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative setting that have led to a greater understanding of the care of patients who require surgical treatment for pancreatic disease. As understanding of pancreatic disease improves and as technology progresses, pancreas surgeons hope to continue to develop techniques that lead to better outcomes for patients.
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Abbreviations
Abbreviations
- BD-IPMN:
-
Branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
- CT:
-
Computed tomography
- DLPR:
-
Disconnected left pancreatic remnant
- DP:
-
Distal pancreatectomy
- ERCP:
-
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography
- EUS:
-
Endoscopic ultrasonography
- IPMN:
-
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
- LNR:
-
Lymph node ratio
- MCN:
-
Mucinous cystic neoplasms
- MD-IPMN:
-
Main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
- MRCP:
-
Magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance imaging
- N0:
-
Node negative
- N1:
-
Node positive
- PD:
-
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
- PF:
-
Pancreatic fistula
- R0:
-
Negative margin
- R1:
-
Positive margin
- RAMPS:
-
Radical antegrade modular pan-creatosplenectomy
- TP:
-
Total pancreatectomy
- TP-IAT:
-
Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation
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Stauffer, J.A., Asbun, H.J. (2015). Pancreatic Advances. In: Latifi, R., Rhee, P., Gruessner, R. (eds) Technological Advances in Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2671-8_36
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