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Surgical options were:

spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy (SPDP)
open distal pancreatectomy with en bloc splenectomy (the one ultimately chosen)
laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy

Articles comparing spleen-preserving operations to conventional distal pancreatectomy:

"Spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy", Singapore Med J 2008
"Clinical Comparison of Distal Pancreatectomy with or without Splenectomy", J Korean Med Sci 2008
"The impact of splenectomy on outcomes after distal and total pancreatectomy", World J Surg Oncol 2007
"Distal pancreatectomy: en-bloc splenectomy vs spleen-preserving pancreatectomy", HPB (Oxford) 2005