TABLE 5.

Order of reconstruction.

	Anastomotic order	Description
Type I	Bile duct – pancreas – stomach	PD‐I, PPPD‐I, SSPPD‐I
Type II	Pancreas – bile duct – stomach	PD‐II, PPPD‐II, SSPPD‐II
Type IIIa	Stomach – pancreas – bile duct	PD‐III, PPPD‐III, SSPPD‐III
Type IIIb	Stomach – bile duct – pancreas	PD‐III, PPPD‐III, SSPPD‐III
Type IV	Other anastomoses	PD‐IV, PPPD‐IV, SSPPD‐IV

Note: Reproduced with permission from the Japan Pancreas Society and Kanehara & Co., Ltd.: Japanese Classification of Pancreatic Carcinoma, eighth edition, 2023.