Short-term and long-term outcomes after robot-assisted versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs): a multicenter comparative study.
Sergio AlfieriGiovanni ButturiniUgo BoggiAndrea PietrabissaLuca MorelliFabio VistoliIsacco DamoliAndrea PeriClaudio FiorilloLuigi PuglieseMarco RameraNelide De LioGregorio Di FrancoAlessandro EspositoLuca LandoniFausto RosaRoberta MenghiGiovanni Battista DogliettoGiuseppe Queronull nullPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2019)
Both RDP and LDP are safe and efficacious for pNETs treatment. However, RDP offers advantages with a higher spleen preservation rate and lower blood loss. Costs still remain the main limitation of the robotic approach.