(pan-kree-a-TEK-to-mee): Surgery to remove the pancreas. In a total pancreatectomy, the duodenum, common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen, and nearby lymph nodes also are removed.
Surgery to remove the pancreas. In a total pancreatectomy, a portion of the stomach, the duodenum, common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen, and nearby lymph nodes also are removed.
A total pancreatectomy is an operation to remove all of the pancreas, part of the stomach, the duodenum, the gall bladder, part of the bile duct, the spleen and some of the lymph nodes. A distal pancreatectomy is an operation to remove part of the pancreas, and sometimes the spleen. See cancer of the pancreas section.
Pancreatectomy is a medical term referring to surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas.