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Open pancreaticoduodenectomy: setting the benchmark of time to functional recovery.

Giovanni MarchegianiGiampaolo PerriStefano AndrianelloGaia MasiniGiacomo BrenteganiAlessandro EspositoClaudio BassiRoberto Salvia
Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)
Functional recovery after open PD with MI is achieved within 1 week from surgery in half of the patients. This should be the appropriate benchmark for comparison with minimally invasive PD. Moreover, PD with a SMI is feasible, safe, and associated with a faster recovery.
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