Table 3.
Reported thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy.
| Author | Journal | Year | Number of total patients | Number of cancer patients | Total procedures of splanchnicectomy | Approach | Side | Position |
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| Worsey et al. [15] |
Br J Surg | 1993 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 1) | 1 | 1 | Unilateral (n = 1) | Left (n = 1) | Lateral position |
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| Cuschieri et al. [20] |
J R Coll Surg Edinb | 1994 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 3), chronic pancreatitis (n = 5) | 3 | 8 | Bilateral (n = 8) | Bilateral (n = 8) | Prone position |
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| Lin et al. [21] | Eur J Surg Suppl | 1994 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 7), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 2), cholangiocarcinoma (n = 2), gastric cancer (n = 1), colon cancer with liver metastasis (n = 1), esophageal cancer (n = 1) | 14 | 14 | Unilateral (n = 1), bilateral (n = 13) | Right (n = 1), bilateral (n = 13) | Lateral position |
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| Takahashi et al. [22] | Surg Endosc | 1996 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 3) | 3 | 3 | Unilateral (n = 3) | Left (n = 3) | Lateral position |
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| Lonroth et al. [23] |
Eur J Surg | 1997 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 4), duodenal cancer (n = 1), chronic pancreatitis (n = 3), portal vein thrombosis (n = 1) | 5 | 5 | Unilateral (n = 5) | Left (n = 5) | Lateral position |
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| Le Pimpec Barthes et al. [24] |
Ann Thorac Surg | 1998 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 20) | 20 | 24 | Unilateral (n = 16), bilateral (n = 4) | Left (n = 15), Right (n = 1), Bilateral (n = 4) | Lateral position |
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| Ihse et al. [25] | Ann Surg | 1999 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 23), chronic pancreatitis (n = 21) | 23 | 44 | Bilateral (n = 44) | Bilateral (n = 44) | Prone position |
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| Giraudo et al. [26] |
Ann Oncol | 1999 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 14) | 14 | 16 | Unilateral (n = 4), bilateral (n = 6) | Left (n = 2), right (n = 2), bilateral (n = 6) | Lateral position |
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| Pietrabissa et al. [27] | Arch Surg | 2000 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 24) | 24 | 25 (technical failure in 4) | Unilateral (n = 21) | Left (n = 15), right (n = 6) | Lateral position |
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| Saenz et al. [28] |
Surg Endosc | 2000 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 24) | 24 | 35 | Unilateral (n = 13), bilateral (n = 11) | Left (n = 13), bilateral (n = 11) | Lateral position |
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| Leksowski [29] | Surg Endosc | 2001 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 26) | 26 | 26 | Unilateral (n = 26) | Left (n = 26) | Lateral position |
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| Krishna et al. [6] |
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | 2001 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 1) | 1 | 1 | Unilateral (n = 1) | NR | NR |
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| Lang-Lazdunski et al. [30] | Ann Thorac Surg | 2002 | Adrenal metastasis (n = 1) | 1 | 1 | Unilateral (n = 1) | Left (n = 1) | Lateral position |
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| Stefaniak et al. [31] |
EJSO | 2005 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 59) | 59 | 24 | Unilateral (n = 24) | Left (n = 24) | Lateral position |
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| Kang et al. [32] | Am J Surg | 2007 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 15), hepatic cancer (n = 2), gallbladder cancer (n = 2), bile duct cancer (n = 1), gastric cancer (n = 1) | 21 | 21 | Bilateral (n = 21) | Bilateral (n = 21) | Lateral position |
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| Katri et al. [33] |
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A | 2008 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 12) | 12 | 15 (technical failure in 1) | Unilateral (n = 10), bilateral (n = 2, continuous) | Left (n = 10), Right (n = 4) | Lateral position |
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| Johnson et al. [4] |
Pancreatology | 2009 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 57), gallbladder cancer (n = 3), bile duct cancer (n = 1), duodenal cancer (n = 1), unknown cancer (n = 3) | 65 | 15 | Bilateral (n = 15) | Bilateral (n = 15) | Prone position |
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| Prasad et al. [34] |
J Minim Access Surg | 2009 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 1) | 1 | 1 | Bilateral (n = 1) | Bilateral (n = 1) | Prone position |
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Śmigielski et al. [35] |
Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques | 2011 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 89) | 89 | 121 | Unilateral (n = 121) | NR | Lateral position |
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| Tavassoli et al. [36] |
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine | 2013 | Pancreatic cancer (n = 20) | 20 | 20 | Unilateral (n = 20) | Left (n = 20) | Lateral position |