Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy

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Minimally invasive techniques have been shown to be safe and effective for surgical management of several gastrointestinal conditions. Recently, there has been growing interest in the ability to perform complex pancreatic resections using the laparoscopic approach. Shortly after Soper and colleagues 1 Soper N.J. Brunt L.M. Dunnegan D.L. Meininger T.A. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in the porcine model. Surg Endosc. 1994; 8 ( discussion 60−61) : 57-60 Crossref PubMed Scopus (76) Google Scholar documented the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) in a porcine model, and Cuschieri 2 Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic surgery of the pancreas. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1994; 39 : 178-184 PubMed Google Scholar and Gagner and colleagues 3 Gagner M. Pomp A. Herrera M.F. Early experience with laparoscopic resections of islet cell tumors. Surgery. 1996; 120 : 1051-1054 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (355) Google Scholar documented the earliest attempts at LDP in humans, additional small series began to be reported. Since that time, a growing number of case series and multi-institutional reports about the safety and efficacy of the minimally invasive approach for pancreatic resection have been published.