Gastric wall-covering method for the prevention of pancreatic fistula after hand-assisted laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic tumor.

摘要

Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery has been a common surgical procedure for pancreatic tumors. However, the rate of the pancreatic fistula after laparoscopic pancreatic surgery is still high. Recently, we have reported a gastric wall-covering method, a new and novel surgical technique in pancreatic surgery for the prevention of pancreatic fistula, in which the pancreatic cutting surface is covered completely with the gastric wall. Herein, we describe the new surgical procedure of a combination of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery and gastric wall-covering method for distal pancreatectomy.