title: Laparoscopic versus open left pancreatectomy: can preoperative factors indicate the safer technique?
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery University Hospital of Muenster Muenster, Germany wolf.mardin@ukmuenster.de.
authors.forename: Wolf Arif
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Mardin
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schleicher
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Senninger
authors.forename: Soeren Torge
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Mees
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care