Fabio Ausania, Filippo Landi, John B Martinie, Dionisios Vrochides, Matthew Walsh, Shanaz M Hossain, Steven White, Viswakumar Prabakaran, Laleh G Melstrom, Yuman Fong, Giovanni Butturini, Laura Bignotto, Valentina Valle, Yuntao Bing, Dianrong Xiu, Gregorio Di Franco, Francisco Sanchez-Bueno, Nicola de'Angelis, Alexis Laurent, Giuseppe Giuliani, Graziano Pernazza, Alessandro Esposito, Roberto Salvia, Francesca Bazzocchi, Ludovica Esposito, Andrea Pietrabissa, Luigi Pugliese, Riccardo Memeo, Ichiro Uyama, Yuichiro Uchida, José Rios, Andrea Coratti, Luca Morelli, Pier C Giulianotti
BACKGROUND: Although robotic distal pancreatectomy (RDP) has a lower conversion rate to open surgery and causes less blood loss than laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP), clear evidence on the impact of the surgical approach on morbidity is lacking. Prior studies have shown a higher rate of complications among obese patients undergoing pancreatectomy. The primary aim of this study is to compare short-term outcomes of RDP vs. LDP in patients with a BMI ≥ 30...
September 15, 2023: Surgical Endoscopy