title: [Left pancreatic resection in chronic pancreatitis--with or without splenectomy?].
abstract: We recommend preserving the spleen in distal pancreatic resection for chronic pancreatitis, because it has no higher risk for complications, such as bleeding, and has the same hospital mortality compared with the distal pancreatic resection with splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie I, Universitätsklinik Ulm.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schlosser
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rück
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Beger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013156:Splenectomy
vernacular_title: Pankreaslinksresektion bei chronischer Pankreatitis--mit oder ohne Splenektomie?