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Editorial
. 2019 Jun;8(3):304-306.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2019.01.23.

Robotic distal pancreatectomy: can results overcome cost-effectiveness prejudices?

Fabrizio Di Benedetto  1 , Roberto Ballarin  1 , Paolo Magistri  1
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Editorial

Robotic distal pancreatectomy: can results overcome cost-effectiveness prejudices?

Fabrizio Di Benedetto et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2019 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Intraoperative ultrasound with TilePro® image-fusion between the endoscope and the US, allowing a precise identification of the main pancreatic duct. US, ultrasound.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Division of the pancreas during distal pancreatectomy. (A) Pancreatic hanging maneuver; (B) parenchymal transection of the pancreas with Harmonic ACE. The pancreas is suspended with the help of the hanging maneuver and by applying retraction from two stitches on the sides of the transection plane; (C) isolation of the main pancreatic duct; (D) selective ligation of the main pancreatic duct.
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