title: Telerobotic-assisted laparoscopic spleen-preserving partial resection of the pancreatic tail for insulinoma.
abstract: Laparoscopic pancreatic resection is rarely described. Telerobotic-assisted laparoscopy may offer some advantages for resection of the pancreatic tail. A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed with insulinoma located in the pancreatic tail. Telerobotic-assisted laparoscopic spleen-preserving resection of the pancreatic tail was performed. Operation time was 195 minutes. The postoperative course was uneventful. The previously described advantages of a telerobotic approach with extended range of motion and three-dimensional view make more complex operations like pancreatic resection possible and may offer extended indications for laparoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. guido.woeste@kgu.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Woeste
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zapletal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golling
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Usadel
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Vogl
authors.forename: W O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Bechstein
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wullstein