Learning Curves of Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy in Experienced Pancreatic Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding the learning curve of a new complex surgical technique helps to reduce potential patient harm. Current series on the learning curve of minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) are mostly small, single-center series, thus providing limited data.

Objective

To evaluate the length of pooled learning curves of MIDP in experienced centers.

Design, setting, and participants

This international, multicenter, retrospective cohort study included MIDP procedures performed from January 1, 2006, through June 30, 2019, in 26 European centers from 8 countries that each performed more than 15 distal pancreatectomies annually, with an overall experience exceeding 50 MIDP procedures. Consecutive patients who underwent elective laparoscopic or robotic dist

SUBMITTER: Lof S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10308297 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature