Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

Table 1 Series on laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy that include adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and oncological outcome n (%)

Ref.	Number		Lymph nodes	R0	Tumor size (mm)
	Total	AC
Song et al[47]	359	34 (9)	10.31	92%	30 (26)1
Fernández-Cruz et al[38]	82	18 (22)	14.52	90%2	53
Marangos et al[48]	30	28 (93)	5	93%	50
Taylor et al[43]	46	10 (22)	-	100%3	-
Melotti et al[39]	58	7 (12)	13	100%	354
Asbun et al[49]	29	5 (17)	14 (19)1	97%	-
Edwin et al[32]	17	4 (24)	-	88 (50)1	28
Dulucq et al[34]	21	3 (14)	18	100%	42
Bärlehner et al[27]	5	2 (40)	19/6	R0/Rx	-
Sa Cunha et al[46]	31	1 (3)	-	100%5	37
D‘Angelica et al[35]	16	1 (6)	5.5	77%	40

¹Indicates numbers from adenocarcinoma diagnosis only;

²Indicates numbers from ductal adenocarcinoma only (n = 13); the other 5 had R0 resection;

³In 7 malignant cases completed with laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy, all having R0 resection;

⁴Indicates numbers from ductal adenocarcinoma only, for 2 mucinous cystadenocarcinoma the corresponding number is 38 mm;

⁵One ductal adenocarcinoma with R0 margins. AC: Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.