Distal pancreatectomy with splenic preservation: A short-term outcome analysis of the Warshaw technique.

Introduction: Spleen-preserving left pancreatectomy (SPDP) with splenic vessels preservation (SVP) or without (Warshaw technique, WT) has been described with robotic, laparoscopy and open surgery. Nevertheless, significant data on medium- and long-term follow-up are still not available, since data in literature are scarce and the level of evidence is low.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we describe and compare short and medium term results of spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy in eight patients.