ReviewTranslational gastroenterology and hepatology2018
Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: better than open?
Review in Translational gastroenterology and hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive versus open pancreatic resections.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Central pancreatectomy: a comprehensive, up-to-date meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy for Pediatric Blunt Pancreatic Injury: A Case Series.Cureus · 2025Article
- Cross-sectional imaging after pancreatic surgery: The dialogue between the radiologist and the surgeon.European journal of radiology open · 2024Article
- Preliminary experience with a new robotic technique to facilitate distal pancreatectomy with spleen preservation: left lateral approach in right lateral decubitus position.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Distal pancreatectomy with or without radical approach, vascular resections and splenectomy: Easier does not always mean easy.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Review
- Preliminary experience in laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy using the AEON™ endovascular stapler.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Laparoscopic pancreatectomies for borderline tumors with major venous resections.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2022Article
- Evaluation of factors predicting loss of benefit provided by laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy compared to open approach.Updates in surgery · 2022Article
- Open and Minimal Approaches to Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2020Review
- Considerations in laparoscopic resection of giant pancreatic cystic neoplasms.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Distal pancreatectomy is well suited to the laparoscopic approach. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) provides the same postoperative recovery advantages reputed to minimal access surgery. However, there have been fears as to the safety of LDP in terms of life-threatening intra-operative events and post-operative complications, adequate carcinological outcomes as compared to traditional (open) distal pancreatectomy (ODP) when performed for cancer, as well as to whether the laparoscopic approach is well adapted to the variety of diseases that may affect the pancreas (ranging from trauma to benign or malignant disease) and whether the minimal access approach is well adapted to perform pancreatic surgery safely in the obese, the elderly or the frail. In this review of the literature, we sought to determine whether LDP was as safe, provided the same oncological outcomes and was applicable to all diseases involving the body and tail of the pancreas, and to particular patient characteristics, compared to the traditional open approach. Last we looked at cost issues. We concluded that this review of the literature allowed to state that laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy is feasible and safe for a wide range of diseases, both benign and malignant. Morbidity, mortality, and probably, also, carcinological outcomes are comparable to open surgery. The overall costs are similar but the advantages of minimal access surgery make it the preferred approach, once the surgical expertise is acquired and present.
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