Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy A retrospective review of 30 cases

Aziz  Sümer; Umut  Barbaros; Salvador  Conde; Sebahattin  Celik; Nihat  Aksakal; Jose  Alamo; Isaias  Alarcon; Nazim  Güres; Hamit  Karayagˇiz; Ahmet  Dinçcag; Ridvan  Seven; Selçuk  Mercan; Demir  Budak

1 Mar 2017Article

Aziz Sümer ¹Umut Barbaros ²Salvador Conde ³Sebahattin Celik ¹Nihat Aksakal ²Jose Alamo ³Isaias Alarcon ³Nazim Güres ⁴Hamit Karayagˇiz ⁴Ahmet Dinçcag ²Ridvan Seven ²Selçuk Mercan ²Demir Budak ²

Affiliations

Article Info

¹ Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

² Department of General Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

³ Unit of Innoviation of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain

⁴ Department of General Surgery, Acibadem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic surgery has been greatly influenced by the advent of laparoscopic surgery and increasing experience in its performance and by advances in techniques and surgical devices. This study aimed to represent two centers’ initial experiences in laparoscopic distal pancreatic surgery. METHODS: This study was a bi-centric study including 30 patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic disorders. All the patients were operated on from November 2006 to November 2013 in Turkey and Spain. RESULTS: Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy was performed in 9 patients, laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy was performed in 14 patients, laparoscopic enucleation was performed in 4 patients, and single-incision laparoscopic distal pancreatosplenectomy with splenectomy was performed in 3 patients. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomies for pancreatic disorders are feasible and safe procedures if performed by experienced laparoscopic surgeons.

Keywords

Laparoscopy
Pancreas
Multi-port
Tumor
SILS