Bas A Uijterwijk, Meidai Kasai, Daniel H L Lemmers, Palanivelu Chinnusamy, Jony van Hilst, Benedetto Ielpo, Kongyuan Wei, Ki Byung Song, Song C Kim, Sjors Klompmaker, Jin-Young Jang, Kelly M Herremans, Lapo Bencini, Andrea Coratti, Michele Mazzola, Krishna V Menon, Brian K P Goh, Renyi Qin, Marc G Besselink, Mohammed Abu Hilal
BACKGROUND: Most studies on minimally invasive pancreatoduodenectomy (MIPD) combine patients with pancreatic and periampullary cancers even though there is substantial heterogeneity between these tumors. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the role of MIPD compared to open pancreatoduodenectomy (OPD) in patients with non-pancreatic periampullary cancer (NPPC). METHODS: A systematic review of Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane databases was performed by two independent reviewers to identify studies comparing MIPD and OPD for NPPC (ampullary, distal cholangio, and duodenal adenocarcinoma) (01/2015-12/2021)...
August 15, 2023: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery