[Arterial blood supply to the pancreatic cauda and acute pancreatitis after splenectomy (author's transl)].

Thirty cadaver dissections and injections of the pancreatic caudal arteries brought the authors to the conclusion that the ligature of a recurrent artery (going from the splenic hilum to the pancreatic cauda) is an exceptional cause of acute pancreatitis after splenectomy : this complication is more often due to direct trauma to the pancreas.