title: [Early experience of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy on 66 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy(LPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 66 patients from Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital undergoing LPD from September 2012 to September 2014 were reviewed. There were 44 male and 22 female with the mean age of (58.7±10.3) years and mean body mass index of (23.5±3.9)kg/m(2). Forty-five patients presented the symptoms and four of all had the history of abdominal surgery, including 2 cases of laparoscopic pancreatic surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 66 patients underwent laparoscopic procedure, 1 patient underwent LPD combined with right hepatic resection, 1 patient underwent laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with LPD, and 1 patient underwent LPD after laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy. The mean operative time was (367±49) minutes. The mean blood loss was(193±126)ml. The rate of overall postoperative complications was 36.4%(24/66), with 4.5%(3/66) of B or C pancreatic fistula and 7.6% (5/66) of bleeding. The mean postoperative hospital stay was (18.9±12.1) days. Mean tumor size was (3.8±2.3) cm, and the mean number of lymph nodes harvested was (20.3±10.9). Forty-severn patients were diagnosed as pancreatic adenocarcinoma(n=18), cholangiocarcinoma(n=7), ampullary adenocarcinoma(n=21), and gastric cancer(n=1), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LPD is feasible and safe under the skilled hand.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Xiaowu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yiping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mou
authors.forename: Renchao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Miaozun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yucheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jingrui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061646:Operative Time; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010185:Pancreatic Fistula / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications