Safety and feasibility of minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer in elderly patients: A retrospective study.
Shu AoyamaYoshiaki OhmuraYutaka TakedaYoshiteru KatsuraMitsuru KinoshitaGo ShinkeYukari KiharaKiminori YanagisawaShinsuke KatsuyamaRyo IkeshimaMasayuki HirakiKeijiro SugimuraToru MasuzawaTaishi HataKohei MurataPublished in: Asian journal of endoscopic surgery (2024)
The safety and feasibility of minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer were not significantly different between elderly and non-elderly patients, even when surgical difficulty was considered. This surgical procedure can be safe and feasible for elderly patients.