Comparison of the duration of hospital stay after laparoscopic or open distal pancreatectomy: randomized controlled trial.
Bergthor BjörnssonA Lindhoff LarssonC HjalmarssonT GasslanderP SandströmPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2020)
LDP is associated with shorter hospital stay than ODP, with shorter time to functional recovery and less bleeding. Registration number: ISRCTN26912858 ( www.isrctn.com).