title: Laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy: is a randomized trial necessary?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365C Clifton Road NE, 2nd Floor, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kooby
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vollmer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*