
Images for illustrative purposes
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It can be done by open surgery or with laparoscopy. In medicine, a surgical intervention in which the pancreas is removed, either partially or totally, is called pancreatectomy. In the case of a total pancreatectomy, part of the stomach, part of the small intestine, common bile duct, gallbladder, spleen and nearby lymph nodes are also removed.