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Task division by multiple console surgeons is beneficial for safe robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy implementation and education
The optimal approach for the safe implementation and education of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) remains unclear. Prolonged operation time may cause surgeon fatigue and result in perioperative complicat...
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Robot-assisted approach using a laparoscopic articulating vessel-sealing device versus pure-robotic approach during distal pancreatectomy
Robotic distal pancreatectomy (RDP) has emerged as a minimally invasive approach to left-sided pancreatic tumors. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the robot-assisted approach (RAA) using a laparosc...
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Challenge in optimizing robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy including nerve plexus hanging maneuver: a Japanese single center experience of 76 cases
Robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) is technically demanding, and 20–50 cases are required to surpass the learning curve. This study aimed to show our experience of 76 cases from the introduction of RPD and ...
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Risk Factors for Recurrence of Cholangitis After Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Comparison of Stents in Hepaticojejunostomy
Postoperative cholangitis is a common complication of pancreaticoduodenectomy. Frequent cholangitis impairs patients’ quality of life after pancreaticoduodenectomy. However, the risk factors for recurrence of ...
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Correction to: Use of a short cartridge stapler is beneficial in pancreatic transection at the neck during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
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Use of a short cartridge stapler is beneficial in pancreatic transection at the neck during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
Stapling is the standard method for pancreatic transection during laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy. Although most surgeons use a 60 mm cartridge stapler, space limitations created by laparoscopic surgery mak...
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Successful left hepatic trisectionectomy after portal vein embolization for colon cancer liver metastasis in a patient with right-sided ligamentum teres
Right-sided ligamentum teres (RSLT) is a rare congenital anomaly in which the fetal umbilical vein is connected to the right paramedian trunk of the portal vein. An 80-year-old woman underwent curative sigmoid...
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Standardization of laparoscopic anatomic liver resection of segment 2 by the Glissonean approach
Anatomic liver resection (ALR) has been established to eliminate the tumor-bearing hepatic region with preservation of the remnant liver volume for liver malignancies. Recently, laparoscopic ALR has been widel...
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Successful recanalization of completely obstructed portal vein thrombosis after right hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma by aspiration thrombectomy via the ileocolic mesenteric vein and subsequent systemic anticoagulation with edoxaban
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a lethal complication of hepatectomy if not properly treated. An 81-year-old woman diagnosed with postoperative PVT after right hepatectomy and caudate lobectomy for perihilar c...
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Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorography and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) of vessels supplying the remnant stomach that were performed during distal pancreatectomy in a patient with a history of distal gastrectomy: a case report
A 68-year-old man who had undergone distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer 3 years previously, presented to our hospital for examination of dilatation of the main pancreatic duct on follow-up computed tomograph...
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Open AccessPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with inferior vena cava invasion: a report of three resected cases
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) often infiltrates to the adjacent major vasculatures; however, direct invasion of PDAC to the inferior vena cava (IVC) is uncommon.
