Robotic vs open distal pancreatectomy: A multi-institutional matched comparison analysis.
Paolo MagistriUgo BoggiAlessandro EspositoFrancesco Maria CarranoBenedetta PesiRoberto BallarinMatteo De PastenaFrancesca MenonnaLuca MoraldiMarcovalerio MelisAndrea CorattiElliot NewmanNiccolò NapoliMarco RameraFabrizio Di BenedettoPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2020)
Robotic distal pancreatectomy is a safe surgical strategy for PDAC and incidence of CR-POPF is equivalent between RDP and ODP. RDP should be considered equivalent to ODP in terms of oncological efficacy when performed in high-volume and proficient centers.