title: Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Right Posterior Superior Mesenteric Artery "First" Approach.
abstract: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is considered one of the most challenging abdominal operations for several reasons, including the anatomy, which is surrounded by vital vascular structures and also because of the serious complications that are possible in the postoperative period. Nowadays, thanks to the development of minimally invasive surgery and improvement of patients' selection, laparoscopic pancreatic resections have been proven to be technically feasible and safe especially in the case of left pancreatectomies. More recently, many series of laparoscopic PD for adenocarcinoma have been published demonstrating the feasibility of this technique. In pancreatic cancer, the advantage of superior mesenteric artery "first approach" is already known to achieve an oncological resection. The purpose of this video is to describe the different technical aspects of the laparoscopic superior mesenteric artery first approach in the right posterior fashion.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hépato-Biliaire Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France. gabriella.pittau@aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pittau
authors.affiliation: HPB Surgery and Transplantation Department, Institut Clinic de Malalties Digestives i Metaboliques, Hospital Clınic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sànchez-Cabùs
authors.affiliation: Centre Hépato-Biliaire Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laurenzi
authors.affiliation: Centre Hépato-Biliaire Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Maximiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelli
authors.affiliation: Centre Hépato-Biliaire Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Antonio Sa
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Cunha
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000601:surgery*; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis