title: Surgery and pancreas divisum: a dwindling role?
abstract: Pancreas divisum has generated varying enthusiasm regarding operative intervention. Applying similar principles to divisum surgery as for the surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis will yield a better outcome than using subjective symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cooperman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications