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What is a pancreatectomy?

What is a pancreatectomy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (surgery) The procedure to remove part or all of the pancreas.
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An exploratory laparotomy with distal pancreatectomy was subsequently performed.
After the distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the patient received radiation and radiosensitizing chemotherapy treatments.
Because of the presence of the IPMH that was identified at the margins of the resected specimen, a distal pancreatectomy was performed.
At our institution, radical proximal gastrectomy, splenectomy, partial pancreatectomy, left adrenalectomy, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection were performed.
A partial pancreatectomy, coupled with a splenectomy, was performed to remove the tumor.
Total pancreatectomy will render the patient an insulin-dependent diabetic.

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