Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy had longer operating times, but patients lost less blood vs. open surgery. Postoperative complications and 90-day mortality were similar between groups.

A randomized clinical trial has compared key-hole (laparoscopic) surgery and open surgery in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy, or the Whipple procedure. The procedure ...

[5–7] Just as in open surgery, LPD carries an increased ... any significant advantages over other methods of performing pancreaticoduodenectomy. It is difficult to draw any sound conclusions ...

The peer-reviewed Annals of Surgery published a meta-analysis of 30-day surgical outcomes across seven oncological surgical procedures, comparing robotic, laparoscopic, and open surgical approaches.

In this retrospective Korean study, the authors examined early results after conventional open surgery (n = 4542), laparoscopic surgery (n = 861), and robotic surgery (n = 436) for gastric cancer.