title: Tips on laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy.
abstract: An increasing number of laparoscopic pancreatic procedures are currently carried out worldwide. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) appears to be technically and oncologically promising in selected patients with benign tumors and low-grade malignancies of the pancreatic body/tail, and is now widely adopted. Here, we described our standard procedures of LDP and some tips on LDP. Recent important insights into some variations/options of LDP including spleen preservation, hand-assisted procedure, and single-incision surgery are also reviewed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan. abenbtg@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Nobutsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D058733:Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy; Laparoscopic surgery