Since the first report on laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) appeared in the 1990s, the procedure has been performed increasingly frequently to treat both benign and malignant lesions of the pancreas. Many earlier publications have shown LDP to be a good alternative to open distal pancreatectomy for benign lesions, although this has never been studied in a prospective, randomized manner. The evidence for the use of LDP to treat @entity420 is not as well established. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current evidence for LDP in cases of @entity788 . We conducted a review of English language publications reporting LDP results between 1990 and 2013. All studies reporting results in @entity1 with histologically proven @entity788 were included. Thirty-nine publications were found and included in the results for a total of 309 cases of @entity788 (potential double publications were not eliminated). Most LDP procedures are performed in selected cases and generally involve smaller @entity5 than open distal pancreatectomy (ODP) procedures. Some of the papers report unselected cases and include procedures on larger @entity5 . The number of lymph nodes harvested using LDP is comparable to the number obtained with ODP, as is the frequency of R0 resections. Current data suggest that similar short term oncological results can be obtained using LDP as those obtained using ODP.

Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['pancreatic adenocarcinoma'] @entity420 :: ('MESH:D000230', 'Disease') :: ['adenocarcinoma of the pancreas'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumors']
@entity420 :: (MESH:D000230,Disease) :: ['adenocarcinoma of the pancreas']
