LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION OF LEFT PANCREATIC SEGMENT IN PIGS PRESERVING THE SPLEEN

The pancreas has been excluded from laparoscopic surgery ever since, T he technical possibilities of laparoscopic left resection of the pancr eas in pigs are examined in this study, Mobilization of the left pancr eatic segment up to the confluence area (splenic vein and upper mesent eric vein) was possible preserving the spleen, Sectionning of the orga n was performed by ultrasound dissector and selective clipping of the pancreatic duct in 4 animals, in 2 animals this was achieved by Endo-G IA, The size of resected segments was 10-15 cm in length, 2-4 cm in wi dth and the segments weighed 30 gr, Laparoscopic left resection of the pancreas with preservation of the spleen is technically possible in p igs, Postoperative complications have to be further examined in surviv al studies.