A distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the end of the pancreas while leaving the pancreatic head attached. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may ...

This comes after Dr. Shaknovsky, who had been licensed in Alabama since 2016, was accused of removing the wrong organ during a splenectomy, resulting in the death of a patient in Florida.

Splenic torsion is a very rare condition, with splenomegaly and recent birth as known possible risk factors. We report the case of a woman with known splenomegaly, who presented with left-sided ...