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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2014; 20(42): 15674-15681
Published online Nov 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15674
Central pancreatectomy: The Dagradi Serio Iacono operation. Evolution of a surgical technique from the pioneers to the robotic approach
Calogero Iacono, Andrea Ruzzenente, Luca Bortolasi, Alfredo Guglielmi
Calogero Iacono, Andrea Ruzzenente, Luca Bortolasi, Alfredo Guglielmi, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery “A”, Unit of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, “GB Rossi” University Hospital, 37134 Verona, Italy
Author contributions: Iacono C study concept and design; Bortolasi IC, Ruzzenente A acquisited the data; Iacono C and Bortolasi L drafted of the manuscript; Iacono C, Guglielmi A and Ruzzenente A critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Iacono C and Guglielmi A study supervisor and final approval.
Correspondence to: Calogero Iacono, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery “A”, Unit of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, “GB Rossi” University Hospital, P.le L.A. Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy. calogero.iacono@univr.it
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Received: January 21, 2014
Revised: April 30, 2014
Accepted: June 12, 2014
Published online: November 14, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: Central pancreatectomy (CP) is a parenchyma-sparing surgical procedure. Dagradi and Serio, in 1982, performed the first CP including the resective and reconstructive aspects. Before the description of Dagradi and Serio the previous descriptions of CP included only different parts of the complete surgical technique. Subsequently Iacono has validated it with functional endocrine and exocrine tests and popularised it worldwide. Nowadays CP is performed worldwide either by traditional open surgery or by minimally-invasive or robotic approaches.