Tips and tricks of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma.
Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer can be a challenging procedure that requires adherence to surgical principles respecting tissue planes and critical vascular structures to obtain the optimal surgical margins and peripancreatic node harvest, while minimizing damage to surrounding structures. This report provides a basic approach with some tips and tricks based on my experience with this procedure.
Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, 1365C Clifton Road NE, 2nd Floor, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. dkooby@emory.edu.
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Distal pancreatectomy; Laparoscopic pancreatectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Pancreatic neoplasm; Surgical technique