TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Distal Pancreatectomy A1 - Hunter, John G. A1 - Spight, Donn H. A1 - Sandone, Corinne A1 - Fairman, Jennifer E. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations AB - The most common indications for laparoscopic resection of the body and tail of the pancreas are benign neuroendocrine neoplasms, benign cystic neoplasms, symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts, and pancreatic duct strictures. The role of this procedure for pancreatic malignancy is ill defined, largely because of the lack of clinical data validating its oncologic equivalence to open resection. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162531201 ER -