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While the majority of surgical pancreatic specimens result from pancreatoduodenectomy and distal pancreatectomy procedures, a range of other specimen types may be received for pathology examination. This chapter provides a brief description of the various specimen types and the main indications for the corresponding surgical procedures, including total pancreatectomy, duodenum-preserving pancreatectomy, central pancreatectomy, enucleation, complex multivisceral en bloc resection, procedures according to Frey, Beger, and Puestow, and laparoscopic or robot-assisted resections.
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Campbell, F., Verbeke, C.S. (2021). Pancreatic Specimen Types. In: Pathology of the Pancreas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49848-1_2
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