Fig. 3

A schematic appearance of pancreatectomy methods for surgery of congenital HH. While for a focal case only limited lesionectomy (a and b) provide cure without any postsurgical complication, in case of diffuse disease, extensive excision (laparoscopic or open) of a certain part of pancreas may result in continuum of the HH or developing exocrine and endocrine pancreas insufficiency