pancreatectomy
(pan″krē-ă-tek′tŏ-mē)
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(pang″krē-ă-tek′tŏ-mē)
[pancreat- + -ectomy]
Surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas. Total pancreatectomy produces diabetes mellitus because of the removal of insulin-producing cells; exogenous insulin must therefore be administered. After a subtotal partial pancreatectomy, diabetes may develop afterwards because the remaining islets may be unable to handle the increased demands placed on them.
SEE: diabetes
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Pancreatectomy." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749905/0/pancreatectomy.
Pancreatectomy. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749905/0/pancreatectomy. Accessed March 29, 2024.
Pancreatectomy. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749905/0/pancreatectomy
Pancreatectomy [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 March 29]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749905/0/pancreatectomy.
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