RESECTION OF THE INFERIOR HEAD OF THE PANCREAS - REPORT OF A CASE

We developed a new technique for partial resection of the head of the pancreas,vith an end-to-side pancreaticoduodenostomy, while preserving the duodenum, the common bile duct, and the upper part of the head of the pancreas around the duct of Santorini. A resection of the inferio r head of the pancreas was performed in a patient with an intraductal mucin-producing tumor of the pancreas. This procedure is considered to be appropriate for treating both benign disease and noninvasive malig nant disease involving either the uncinate process or the duct of Wirs ung, because it removes both the uncinate process and the pancreatic t issue around the duct of Wirsung. We thus believe that a resection of the inferior head of the pancreas with an end-to-side pancreaticoduode nostomy can help play a significant role in the management of patients with benign diseases and localized malignant tumors of the pancreas.