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Laparoscopic Gastric Suspension Technique for Distal Pancreatic Tumors
Carlos U. Corvera^*1, Victor Kuo<sup>2, 1

1</sup>Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; ²Surgery, Chiayi Christian hospital, Chia-yi city, Taiwan

Two cases are described emphasizing a percutaneous suture passer technique used retract the entire stomach and left lateral segment of the liver to expose of the body and tail of the pancreas. The first case describes a patient with a pancreatic cancer located in the neck of the gland treated by an extended pancreatectomy, lymphadenectomy and splenectomy. The second case is a young patient with insulinoma of the proximal body of the gland. She was treated by a vessel sparing, spleen sparing distal pancreatectomy. Both procedures describe a four port technique used to optimize the cosmetic outcome.

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