Tips of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: superior mesenteric artery first approach (with video)

• Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. E19 - E21
• Main Authors: Cho, Akihiro, Yamamoto, Hiroshi, Kainuma, Osamu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adenosine; Humans; Laparoscopic pancreaticodoudenectomy; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy - methods; Mesenteric Artery, Superior; Pancreaticodoudenectomy; Pancreaticoduodenectomy - methods; Superior mesenteric artery first; Veins & arteries; Superior mesenteric artery first; Laparoscopic pancreaticodoudenectomy; Pancreaticodoudenectomy; Laparoscopy

In previous reports of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy, the Kocher maneuver with a wide mobilization of the right colonic flexure is carried out in the early phase, and dissection of the superior mesenteric artery is performed in the last phase of resection. This report describes laparoscopic s...