Table 1.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
• Surgical indication for open or minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy • Aged 18 years and over • Ability of subject to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial • Informed consent provided	• The subject has a surgical indication for pancreatic resection with a pancreaticojejunal anastomosis • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification ≥ IV • Impaired mental state or language problems of the subject • Participation in another interventional trial with interference of intervention and outcome of this trial