Laparoscopic middle pancreatectomy under a pancreatic duct-navigation surgery.
Recent developments of diagnostic modalities have increased detection of many benign and low malignant pancreatic lesions, and then various minimally invasive surgeries and/or pancreatic function preserving surgeries have been devised for such lesions. Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery has developed rapidly in recent years, and its minimal invasiveness is expected. This report describes a laparoscopic middle pancreatectomy under a pancreatic duct-navigation surgery for a localized main pancreatic duct stenosis, and this method is effective to benign and low malignant pancreatic lesions in the points of minimal invasiveness and function preservation.
Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan. a-kit@bg8.so-net.ne.jp
Amane
A
Kitasato
Tomohiko
T
Adachi
Takamitsu
T
inokuma
Yoshitsugu
Y
Tajima
Takashi
T
Kanematsu
Tamotsu
T
Kuroki
D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome