[A careful method for the collection of pancreatic tissue for special morphological and biochemical studies]

The examination of pancreas tissue is of essential necessity for special diagnostic problems and for the clarification of the etiology of pancreas diseases. The needle biopsy--mostly used--not always delivers sufficient material and is combined with uncontrollable complications. A new method is described in this paper which allows to obtain specimens of the pancreas during abdominal operations in a safty manner. Examples are demonstrated which establish the usefulness of the method for different examinations (light- and electron microscopy, immunhistology, histochemistry and biochemistry). In 48 cases no complications were observed.