It has been previously reported that both institution experience and individual surgeon experience were important factors associated with open conversion rate after MIDP.[ 11 34 35 ] There was also an increasing trend towards the adoption of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery in the present study although comparison between our more recent experience of RDP with conventional LDP did not demonstrate a significant difference in open conversion rate (unpublished data).
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Evolution of minimally invasive distal pancreatectomies at a single institution.
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