Splenic vein resection together with the pancreatic parenchyma versus separated resection after isolation of the parenchyma during distal pancreatectomy (COSMOS-DP trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

In distal pancreatectomy (DP), it is customary to ligate and divide the splenic vein after isolating it from the pancreatic parenchyma. This is considered essential to prevent disruption of the stump of the sp...

Source: Trials - July 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Suguru Yamada, Tsutomu Fujii, Manabu Kawai, Toshio Shimokawa, Masafumi Nakamura, Yoshiaki Murakami, Sohei Satoi, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yuichi Nagakawa, Yasuhiro Kodera and Hiroki Yamaue Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research