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This is a video of a single incision distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy. A 12mm vertical incision was made at the umbilicus. A 5mm deflectable tip laparoscope was utilized. The stomach was mobilized and the gastrocolic omentum was divided. A retractor lifted the liver and the dissection was carried along the inferior border of the pancreas toward the caudal tip of the spleen. The pancreas was divided utilizing a reinforced laparoscopic linear stapler. The specimen was delivered via extraction bag using a 2.2cm lateral incision. The diaphragm was irrigated with bupivacaine solution. The umbilicus was closed in a figure-of-eight fashion. There was no notable scar.