[Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: difficulties and solution].
With the development of minimally invasive techniques, laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy has been gaining increasing recognition in recent years, but it is still associated with a relatively high morbidity and mortality compared with surgeries for gastrointestinal carcinoma, and its practice has highly complex procedure and longer learning curve. This is a result of the complex nature of the organ, the difficult access as a result of the retroperitoneal position and the number of technically challenging anastomoses required. We try to find the solution for the surgical difficulties encountered with laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. drwhb@21cn.com
Hong-bo
HB
Wei
D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods*