Surgical treatment of gastric venous congestion in association with extended resection of pancreas: a case report

Abstract Background Total pancreatectomy is performed for chronic pancreatitis, tumors involving the entire pancreas or remnant pancreas after pancreatectomy. Gastric venous congestion and bleeding may be associated with total pancreatectomy. We report the case of a patient who underwent left gastri...

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Main Authors: Shuji Kagota, Tetsunosuke Shimizu, Kohei Taniguchi, Atsushi Tomioka, Yoshihiro Inoue, Koji Komeda, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Sang-Woong Lee, Fumitoshi Hirokawa, Kazuhisa Uchiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-0692-4