India, Oct. 16 -- HT Syndication

Raipur (Chattisgarh) [India], October 16: In a significant advancement in minimally invasive pancreatic surgery, Artemis Shanti Hospital, Raipur, successfully performed a spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy on a young patient diagnosed with a pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN).

The complex procedure was performed by Dr. Ajit Mishra, Head, GI, HPB & Liver Transplant, as part of the hospital's advanced gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary surgical services.

A distal pancreatectomy involves removing the body and tail of the pancreas affected by disease. In this case, the surgical team was able to remove the affected portion of the pancreas while preserving the spleen, an impo...