Figure 1

Management of the pancreatic stump.

(A) A 1–1.2 cm pancreatic stump was isolated. (B) The pancreatic stump was molded into a “fish mouth-like” shape, with the pancreatic duct protruding out of the stump. The pancreatic stump was closed with interrupted inverting sutures around the “papillary-like main pancreatic duct”.