title: Reply: Splenic preservation during open and minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy in benign disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Study Centre of the German Surgical Society, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Diener
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Beat P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Müller-Stich
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: arianeb.mehrabi@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Arianeb
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehrabi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*