Total Pancreatectomy

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
TP
Pronunciation
/ˌtoʊtəl ˌpænkrəˈtektəmi/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Fourteen patients were subjected to resection of the tail of pancreas and splenectomy; 3 had subtotal pancreatectomy; 1 total pancreatectomy, 2 enterectomy;
  2. Blood sugar management after total pancreatectomy due to pancreas cancer
  3. We report the follow-up of 94 cases among 103 consecutive pancreatic resections for tumor from 1970 ~ 1990, consisting of 73 cases treated by Whipple resection and 21 cases by total pancreatectomy.
  4. Of them 8 cases were treated by pancreatoduodenectomy, 1 by total pancreatectomy, 1 by resection of the body and tail of pancreas, 26 by by-pass drainage of biliary tract and 4 by exploratory laparotomy.
  5. Approach of total laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with preservation of the spleen

Other meanings of TP