[Splenic salvage in distal pancreatectomy]

In distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy has usually been an expedient component. In view of the recognized risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy septicaemia the current trend is splenic salvage whenever possible, in trauma surgery as well as in elective surgery. In order to emphasise this point we report a case of distal pancreatectomy with splenic salvage.