Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas

Table 3 Studies comparing laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and open distal pancreatectomy that include adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and oncological outcomes n (%)

Ref.	Number		Number AC		Lymph nodes		Tumor size (mm)		R0
	LDP	ODP	LDP	ODP	LDP	ODP	LDP	ODP	LDP	ODP
Jayaraman et al[68]	107	236	17 (16)	47 (20)	6	7 NS	30	30	97%	96%
Vijan et al[66]	100	100	17 (17)	19 (19)	NS	NS	33	40	100%	100%
Stauffer et al[75]	82	90	18 (22)	21 (23)	16.5	11 NS	20	28	97%	94%
DiNorcia et al[67]	71	168	3 (4)	51 (30)	6	8 NS	25	36	97%	87%
Abu Hilal et al[54]	35	16	4 (11)	3 (19)	-	-	34	33	75%	67%
Mehta et al[72]	30	30	7 (23)	7 (23)	8.4	13.8 NS	38	43	-	-
Baker et al[64]	27	85	1 (4)	18 (21)	5.2	9.4a	38	40	-	-
Magge et al[63]	28	34	28 (100)	34 (100)	11	12 NS	37	45	86%	88%
Kooby et al[61]	23	189	23 (100)	189 (100)	13.8	12.5 NS	35	45	74%	73%
Waters et al[71]	18	22	2 (11)	11 (50)	11	14 NS	40	60	100%	82%
Limongelli et al[56]	16	29	1 (6)	7 (24)	-	-	32	43	94%	93%
Rehman et al[76]	8	14	8 (100)	14 (100)	16	14	22	32	88%	86%
Kang et al[69]	5	27	5 (100)	27 (100)	8.2	11.3 NS	24	42	100%	85%

^aP < 0.05 vs laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) group. ODP: Open distal pancreatectomy; NS: Not significant; AC: Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.