Short-term and long term morbidity in robotic pancreatic surgery: a systematic review

Abstract

Background: Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive and lethal tumours in Western society.Pancreatic surgery can be considered a challenge for open and laparoscopic surgeons, even if the accuracy of gland dissection, due to the close relationship between pancreas, the portal vein, and mesenteric vessels, besides the reconstructive phase (in pancreaticoduodenectomy), lead to significant difficulties for laparoscopic technique. Minimally invasive pancreatic surgery changed utterly with the development of robotic surgery.However, this review aims to make more clarity on the influence of robotic surgery on long-term morbidity.