Reply: Splenic preservation during open and minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy in benign disease

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Study Centre of the German Surgical Society, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
• ² Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
• ³ Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: arianeb.mehrabi@med.uni-heidelberg.de.