Distal Pancreatectomy

Fatores preditivos de morbidade nas ressecções pancreáticas esquerdas

“…Malignant tumors accounted for approximately 65% of the lesions operated, demonstrating the position of authors in favor of a laparoscopic approach for resection also of malignant pancreatic tumors 9,13 . This attitude contrasts with most of the other published series, in which the laparoscopic approach has rarely prevailed 1,3,11,12,14,21,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] , there is a lower rate of splenic preservation and malignant tumors do not predominate 13 .…”

“…The LPR procedures are considered safe, with a mortality rate close to zero in specialized centers [1][2][3]7,11,12,[24][25][26][27][28][29] , hampering the studies of predictors of postoperative mortality. Nonetheless, there is important associated postoperative morbidity, especially pancreatic fistulas 7,17,28- Table 1 Table 1 Table 1 Table 1 Table 1 , rendering such an assessment of risk factors doable and of great clinical interest.…”