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ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports2009

Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery: what now and what next?

Elizabeth A Warner, Kfir Ben-David, Juan C Cendan, Kevin E Behrns

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Review in Current gastroenterology reports, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with or without splenectomy: how I do it.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2011
    Article
  4. NOTES new frontier: Natural orifice approach to retroperitoneal disease.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2010
    Article
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elizabeth A WarnerDepartment of Surgery, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Room 6164, Box 100109, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Kfir Ben-David
Juan C Cendan
Kevin E Behrns

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, improved laparoscopic skill sets have expanded surgical management of pancreatic disease to encompass pancreatic resection, tumor enucleation, debridement, and drainage. With the aid of radiologically guided drainage catheters, necrosectomy for acute pancreatitis can be delayed and accomplished laparoscopically in a select patient population. Pancreatic pseudocysts from chronic pancreatitis can now be approached via minimally invasive strategies, including emerging combined laparoscopic procedures and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. It is clear that laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy is possible in experienced hands; pancreatic neoplasms in the body and tail are more suitable for laparoscopic procedures because distal pancreatic resection requires no reconstruction of the biliary or enteric tract. Laparoscopic staging of pancreatic tumors has decreased as preoperative radiographic imaging becomes more sensitive. Similarly, laparoscopic palliative procedures have decreased because of the emergence of other minimally invasive options for relieving gastric outlet obstruction and biliary obstruction. Nonetheless, major advances in minimally invasive pancreatic surgery will continue as technology and skill sets advance.

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DebridementDrainageEvidence-Based MedicineHumansLaparoscopyMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresPalliative CarePancreatectomyPancreatic DiseasesPancreatic NeoplasmsPancreaticoduodenectomyPancreatic PseudocystTreatment Outcome

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