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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Surg. 2018 Aug 8;55(6):198–246. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2018.07.001

Fig. 16.

Fig. 16.

Robotic distal pancreatectomy dissection. (a) Creation of retropancreatic tunnel and passage of moist umbilical tape for upwards traction. (b) Division of the splenic artery at its takeoff and identification of the splenic vein for concurrent splenectomy. (c) Medial to lateral dissection of the pancreas and posterior pancreatic fascia. PANC, pancreas; SA, splenic artery; SMV, superior mesenteric vein; SV, splenic vein.