Is it the end of the beginning for minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy?

Siobhan C McKay^{1

2}, Jaswinder S Samra¹

Affiliations

¹ Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, 2065, Australia.
² Institute of Cancer and Genomic Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.

Siobhan C McKay et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 10:31:100679.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100679. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Siobhan C McKay^{1

2}, Jaswinder S Samra¹

¹ Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, 2065, Australia.
² Institute of Cancer and Genomic Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

Nil to declare.

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