Open AccessInitial experience with minimally invasive extended pancreatectomies for locally advanced pancreatic malignancies: Report of six cases
Author(s) -
TzeYi Low,
Brian K. P. Goh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_69_18
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , general surgery
Recently, there have been several reports on minimally-invasive surgery for extended pancreatectomy (MIEP) in the literature. However, to date, only a limited number of studies reporting on the outcomes of MIEP have been published. In the present study, we report our initial experience with MIEP defined according to the latest the International Study Group for Pancreatic Surgery (ISPGS) guidelines.