Splenic artery preservation with splenic vein sacrifice during spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy: safety and remaining questions
Lin Chen, Yufu Ye · 2026
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Lin Chen and Yufu Ye wrote a 2026 commentary on spleen-saving surgery for tumors in the tail of the pancreas. Keeping the spleen helps the immune system, but the classic methods force a trade-off: one is hard to do, the other often starves the spleen of blood. The authors discuss a newer twist on the method.
The newer approach keeps the splenic artery but gives up the splenic vein. In the study they discuss, spleen damage and swollen stomach veins dropped sharply compared with the older method. Chen and Ye weigh the gains, the proof so far, and the open questions, such as which patients suit the method best.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lin Chen, Yufu Ye |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3192 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |