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A technique for reducing the morbidity and mortality of pancreatoduodenectomy by using an omental flap to protect the anastomoses and splanchnic vessels exposed during dissection is described herein.
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Moriura, S., Ikeda, S., Ikezawa, T. et al. The inclusion of an omental flap in pancreatoduodenectomy. Surg Today 24, 940–941 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01651016
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