Comparison Between Minimally Invasive and Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Minimally invasive approaches (laparoscopic or robotic) are used in various operations. Our aim was to compare them with the open approach in pancreaticoduodenectomy.We conducted a search for articles published in MEDLINE database comparing minimally invasive (laparoscopic or robotic) with open pancreaticoduodenectomy on June 15, 2014.Our search yielded 136 articles. We excluded 122 articles and we took into consideration 14 (10 for laparoscopic...