Istituto Ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza

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Medicine

Laparoscopic Radical Left Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer: Surgical Strategy and Technique Video

Frederique L. Vissers¹, Maurice J.W. Zwart¹, Alberto Balduzzi^1,3, Maarten Korrel¹, Sanne Lof², Mohammad Abu Hilal^*2, Marc G. Besselink^*1

¹Department of Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, ²Department of Surgery, Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, ³General and Pancreatic Surgery Department, Pancreas Institute, University and Hospital Trust of Verona

Oncologically safe left pancreatectomy requires radical resection (R0), Gerota’s (perirenal) fascia resection, and adequate lymph node dissection. This study describes the technical details of laparoscopic radical left pancreatectomy (LRLP), used in the first international multicenter randomized trial comparing minimally invasive with open left pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer, the DIPLOMA trial.

Cancer Research

Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Head Cancer: a Case Report of a Standardized Technique

Maurice J. W. Zwart^*1,2, Leia R. Jones^*1,2,3, Melissa E. Hogg⁴, Johanna A. M. G. Tol^1,2, Mohammad Abu Hilal³, Freek Daams⁵, Sebastiaan Festen⁶, Olivier R. Busch^1,2, Marc G. Besselink^1,2,

¹Department of Surgery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, ²Cancer Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ³Department of General Surgery, Istituto Ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza, ⁴Department of Surgery, Northshore University Health System, ⁵Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Cancer Center Amsterdam, ⁶Department of Surgery, OLVG

Robotic pancreatoduodenctomy (RPD) has been highly standardized in recent years and may be used in selected patients with pancreatic head cancer, including those with a replaced right hepatic artery. This case report describes a standardized and reproducible technique for RPD, which includes the approach of the Dutch LAELAPS-3 training program to an aberrant vasculature.