Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Is It an Effective Procedure for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma?

Adv Surg. 2015:49:143-56. doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2015.03.003. Epub 2015 Jun 25.

Authors

May C Tee¹, Michael L Kendrick¹, Michael B Farnell²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Division of Subspecialty General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
² Section of Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Division of Subspecialty General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Electronic address: mfarnell@mayo.edu.

PMID: 26299496
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2015.03.003

No abstract available

Keywords: Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy/Whipple procedure; Oncologic outcomes; Technical safety.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / surgery*
Humans
Laparoscopy / methods*
Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
Pancreaticoduodenectomy / methods*