Precision anatomy for minimally invasive spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy in children: a case of solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm in a 12-year-old girl
Hiroki Hirao1, Kaori Isono1, Yuta Abe2, Katsunori Imai3, Yuki Okumura1, Kazuya Hirukawa1, Keita Shimata1, Masaki Honda1, Yasuhiko Sugawara1, Taizo Hibi1
  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
  2. Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, 160-8582, Japan
  3. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto
University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan.
Correspondence to:
Taizo Hibi, MD, PhD, FACS
Department of Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation,
Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan 860-8556
Email: taizohibi@gmail.com
Tel.: +81-96-373-5616
Fax: +81-96-373-5783
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Running head: Precision anatomy for MIDP in children
Conflict of interest: None
Ethics statement: We have obtained informed consent for publication from the patient.