Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: Up-to-date and literature review

Table 1 Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: Results of the literature review

Ref.	Year	Study type	n	Pathology
Butturini et al[98]	2011	Retrospective	43	SCN (14), MCN (9), SPT (4), NET (9), other (7)
Mekeel et al[99]	2011	Retrospective	34	SCN (11), NET (8), IPMN (6), MCN (4), other (5)
Nakamura et al[100]	2011	Retrospective	47	NET (9), MCN (10), IPMN (6), SPT (5), P (6), other (11)
Mehta et al[17]	2011	Prospective	30	NET (12), IPMN (4), ADK (7), other (7)
Song et al[101]	2011	Retrospective	359	SCN (51), MCN (72), SPT (52), NET (36), IPMN (76), ductal ADK (24), P (25), cyst (13), others (10)
Zerbi et al[102]	2011	Prospective	95	NET
Røsok et al[103]	2010	Retrospective	117	NET (53), carcinoma (28), metastases (5), cystic tumours (48), other (37)
Vijan et al[12]	2010	Retrospective	100	Cystic benign neoplasm (49), solid benign neoplasm (27), malignant neoplasm (20), other (4)
Jayaraman et al[104]	2010	Retrospective	107	NA
DiNorcia et al[16]	2010	Retrospective	95	NA
Ziegler et al[105]	2010	Retrospective	126	NA
Giulianotti et al[80]	2010	Retrospective	46	ADK (6), NET (carcinoma) (5), benign neoplasm (28), other (6)
Finan et al[13]	2009	Retrospective	50	ADK (6), MCN (9), SCA (9), IPMN (4), NET (9), other (13)
Weber et al[106]	2009	Retrospective	219	MCN (45), SCN (29), IPMN (23), cyst (14), SPT (5), NET (45), ADK (16), metastases (9), P (14), other (19)
Yoon et al[107]	2009	Retrospective	35	SPT (7), IPMN (4), MCN (4), NET (4), other (16)
Kooby et al[27]	2008	Retrospective	159	Cystic neoplasm (85), solid neoplasm (60), P (14), benign neoplasm (102), ADK (16)
Taylor et al[108]	2008	Retrospective	46	SCN (10), ductal ADK (9), MCN (6), other (19)
Laxa et al[109]	2008	Retrospective	32	SCN (10), NET (6), mucinous neoplasm (4), IPMN (4), other (8)
Sa Cunha et al[7]	2008	Prospective	37	NA
Melotti et al[110]	2007	Prospective	58	MCN (19), SCN (13), NET (9), SPT (5), ductal ADK (5), other (7)
Fernández-Cruz et al[28]	2007	Retrospective	82	Inflammatory tumor (8), cystic neoplasm (29), IPMN (10), NET (22), ductal ADK (13)
Mabrut et al[21]	2005	Retrospective	99	NA

n: Number of patients; SCN: Serous cystic neoplasm; MCN: Mucinous cystic neoplasm; ADK: Adenocarcinoma; SPT: Solid pseudopapillary tumor; IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; NA: Not available; NET: Neuroendocrine tumor; P: Pancreatitis. Number of case for each pathology are report between parenthesis.

Table 2 Indications to laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy

Benign disease	Borderline disease	Malignant disease
Acute/chronic pancreatitis	Neuroendocrine tumor	Invasive carcinoma
Trauma	Mucinous cystic neoplasm	Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy	Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
Serous cystic neoplasms
Transplantation in the living donor