Critical analysis and systematization of rat pancreatectomy terminology

• Published in: Acta cirurgica brasileira Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 698 - 704
• Main Authors: Eulálio, José Marcus Raso, Bon-Habib, Assad Charbel Chequer, Soares, Daiane de Oliveira, Corrêa, Paulo Guilherme Antunes, Pineschi, Giovana Penna Firme, Diniz, Victor Senna, Manso, José Eduardo Ferreira, Schanaider, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 01-10-2016
• Subjects: Anatomy; Animals; Duodenum - surgery; Female; Male; Pancreatectomy; Pancreatic Diseases - surgery; Periodicals as Topic - statistics & numerical data; PubMed - statistics & numerical data; Rats; Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine; Terminology as Topic; Time Factors
• ISSN: 0102-8650; 1678-2674; 0102-8650
• DOI: 10.1590/S0102-865020160100000010

To critically analyze and standardize the rat pancreatectomy nomenclature variants.
It was performed a review of indexed manuscripts in PUBMED from 01/01/1945 to 31/12/2015 with the combined keywords "rat pancreatectomy" and "rat pancreas resection". The following parameters was considered: A. Frequency of publications; B. Purpose of the pancreatectomy in each article; C. Bibliographic references; D. Nomenclature of techniques according to the pancreatic parenchyma resection percentage.
Among the 468, the main objectives were to surgically induce diabetes and to study the genes regulations and expressions. Five rat pancreatectomy technique references received 15 or more citations. Twenty different terminologies were identified for the pancreas resection: according to the resected parenchyma percentage (30 to 95%); to the procedure type (total, subtotal and partial); or based on the selected anatomical region (distal, longitudinal and segmental). A nomenclature systematization was gathered by cross-checking information between the main surgical techniques, the anatomic parameters descriptions and the resected parenchyma percentages.
The subtotal pancreatectomy nomenclature for parenchymal resection between 80 and 95% establishes a surgical parameter that also defines the total and partial pancreatectomy limits and standardizes these surgical procedures in rats.