The fist two laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy cases in the eastern Black Sea region

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Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy has similar oncological outcomes to open pancreaticoduodenec tomy. As minimally invasive surgery, a laparoscopic procedure is more advantageous in terms of bloodloss, the length of hospital stay, and the occurrence of wound site complications. Presently described are 2cases: an 84-year-old man with a tumor in the ampulla of Vater and a 74-year-old woman with distal bileduct cancer. Both were successfully treated with a laparoscopic Whipple procedure. In centers that performa high volume of pancreatic surgery and advanced laparoscopic procedures, this surgery can be performedsuccessfully using the appropriate techniques.