title: Distal Pancreatectomy--own experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  was the retrospective analysis of early results after distal pancreatectomy (DP).
  
  
  METHODS
  During the period between January, 2000 and December, 2010 distal pancreatectomy was performed in 73 patients, including 32 (43.83%) male, and 41 (56.16%) female patients. Average patient age amounted to 53.92 ± 14.37 years. Surgery was performed by means of laparoscopy or the classical method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean duration of the procedure amounted to 179.79 ± 59.90 minutes. Fifty-nine (80.82%) patients were subject to splenectomy. After the resection the pancreatic stump was hand-sewn in 69 patients. Pancreatoenterostomy was performed in 4 (5.47%) patients. Early postoperative complications occurred in 11 (15%) patients. Reoperation was required in two (2.7 %) patients. The postoperative mortality rate amounted to 2.7%. The average hospitalization period after surgery amounted to 12.72 ± 9.8 (1- 66) days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Distal pancreatectomy performed in a center experienced in pancreatic surgery is a safe procedure characterized by a low rate of complications and mortality.
authors: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Silesian Medical University in Katowice, Poland.
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Olakowski
authors: Beata
authors: B
authors: Jabłońska
authors: Łukasz
authors: Ł
authors: Braszczok
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Lekstan
authors: Paweł
authors: P
authors: Bednarek
authors: Agnieszka
authors: A
authors: Bratek
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Bocheńska
authors: Paweł
authors: P
authors: Lampe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome