Multimodal treatment combining neoadjuvant therapy, laparoscopic subtotal distal pancreatectomy and adjuvant therapy for pancreatic neck-body cancer: Case series

Figure 2 The definition of pancreatic subdivisions. A: The pancreatic subdivisions were defined as follows: Pancreatic head, right to the portal vein (PV)/superior mesenteric vein (SMV); pancreatic neck, in front of the PV/SMV; pancreatic body, left of the PV/SMV to left of the abdominal aorta; pancreatic tail, left of the abdominal aorta; B: Pancreatic cancer involving the neck and body of the pancreas; pancreatic cancer (yellow arrow), portal vein (blue arrow). PV: Portal vein; GDA: Global domain adaptation; CBD: Common bile duct; SMV: Superior mesenteric vein; Ph: Pancreatic head; Pn: Pancreatic neck; Pb: Pancreatic body; Pt: Pancreatic tail; CHA: Common hepatic artery; CA: Celiac artery; LGA: Left gastric artery; SA: Spleen artery; AA: Abdominal aorta; SMA: Superior mesenteric artery.