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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Oct 15, 2020; 12(10): 1133-1145
Published online Oct 15, 2020. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i10.1133
Published online Oct 15, 2020. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i10.1133
Minimally invasive vs open pancreatectomy for nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Juwan Kim, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul 03722, South Korea
Ho Kyoung Hwang, Woo Jung Lee, Chang Moo Kang, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, South Korea
Author contributions: Kang CM designed the report; Kim J collected the patient’s clinical data, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper; Hwang HK and Lee WJ revised the paper for important intellectual content.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital, Institutional Review Board (No. 4-2019-1136).
Informed consent statement: The Hospital’s Institutional Review Board waived the requirement for informed consent in accordance with the retrospective nature of the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: Data requests should be directed to juwankim1717@yuhs.ac.
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Corresponding author: Chang Moo Kang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea, Seoul 03722, South Korea. cmkang@yuhs.ac
Received: June 21, 2020
Peer-review started: June 21, 2020
First decision: July 30, 2020
Revised: August 17, 2020
Accepted: September 14, 2020
Article in press: September 14, 2020
Published online: October 15, 2020
Processing time: 115 Days and 9.6 Hours
Peer-review started: June 21, 2020
First decision: July 30, 2020
Revised: August 17, 2020
Accepted: September 14, 2020
Article in press: September 14, 2020
Published online: October 15, 2020
Processing time: 115 Days and 9.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The mainstay of treating nonfunctioning-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PNETs) is surgical resection. However, minimally invasive approaches to pancreatic resection for treating NF-PNETs are not widely accepted and the long-term oncological outcomes of such approaches remain unknown. In this Long-term retrospective study with large numbers of subjects, there was no significant difference the short-term outcomes and recurrence rate of open resection and minimally invasive resection of NF-PNET.