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From: Endoluminal radiofrequency ablation of the main pancreatic duct is a secure and effective method to produce pancreatic atrophy and to achieve stump closure

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Surgical procedures conducted in the RF groups. (A) In the transpapilar group (TP-RF) a RF bipolar catheter was introduced through the papilla and gently pulled back while RF power was applied. (B) In the transection group (TS-RF), dissection of the pancreas neck over the portal vein was firstly performed, and the transection planes of the proximal remnants were coagulated and sealed with an internally cooled RF electrode. After that, the distal remnants were endoluminally treated with the same RF bipolar catheter employed used in the TP-RF group, and their transection planes coagulated and sealed with the internally cooled RF device. SL: splenic lobe; DL: duodenal lobe; CL: connecting lobe (CL); B: Bridge.

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