Total Pancreatectomy with Celiac Axis Resection and Hepatic Artery Restoration Using Splenic Artery Autograft...

Although the indication of locally advanced pancreatic cancer with arterial involvement is controversial, the outcome of the patients with such disease treated by combined resection and reconstruction of the invaded artery has improved recently. For pancreatic body carcinoma invading the celiac axis, distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection has been safely performed. However, in case of pancreatic body carcinoma with involvement of the celiac axis, the common hepatic artery and the gastroduodenal artery, margin-negative resection requires total pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection and restoration of hepatic arterial flow. Here, we describe an interposition grafting technique using the splenic artery harvested from the resected specimen. This technique is effective and may widen the resectability of pancreatic cancer in selected patients.