Optimization of Operative Procedure in Total Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy (with Video)

  Objective  To optimize operative procedure on intraoperative exploration, resection and reconstruction in total laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD).

  Methods  The clinical data of patients who underwent total LPD in West China Hospital (and Shangjin Hospital) of Sichuan University from Dec. 2015 to Dec. 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. The diagnosis of the patients included ampullar cancer, distal common bile duct cancer, benign and maligant tumors of pancreatic head and chronic pancreatitis of pancreatic head. The patients were divided into experimental group and control group according to weather the optimization of operative procedure was used. The position and Trocar arrangement in both groups were same. Two Chief Surgeons Model was used in experimental group, the procedure was divided into three key steps: laparoscopic exploration, resection and reconstruction, each followed anticlockwise operative process, from left to right, from shallow to deep (see the Videos 1 to 3 in Supplemental Contents, http://ykxb.scu.edu.cn/article/doi/10.12182/202007606108). As to control group, the chief operation was finished by chief surgeon and no specific operative procedure was applied. All the patients were followed up to postoperative 90 d.

  Results  A total of 146 patients were collected, including 76 patients undergoing LPD with optimization of operative procedure and 70 patients in the control group. There was no significant difference in preoperative data between the two groups regarding to ASA scoring, age, gender, body mass index and laboratory tests (P>0.05). Compared with the control group, the operative time in the experimental group was significantly shorter (341 min vs. 397 min, P<0.05), estimated blood loss was significantly reduced (110 mL vs. 180 mL, P<0.05). The conversive rate, transfusion rate, length of postoperative hospital stay, number of harvested lymph nodes, post pancreatectomy hemorrhage, bile leakage, pancreatic fistula (Grade B+C), reoperation, the occurrence of severe postoperative morbidity (Clavien-Dindo Ⅲ-Ⅳ), and postoperative 90 d mortality were no statistically difference.

  Conclusion  With Two Chief Surgeons Model combined with anticlockwise operative process could optimize operative procedure in total LPD. It is safe and feasible, and could shorten the operation time and reduce intraoperative blood loss.