Single-centre Propensity Score-matched Comparison of Laparoscopic Versus Open Pancreatoduodenectomy

Minimally invasive pancreatoduodenectomy is increasingly performed. However, technical challenges and a perceived higher risk of complications has hindered wide adoption of a minimally invasive approach. This is a retrospective comparison of a prospectively kept database. The investigators compared surgical outcomes and survival after laparoscopic (LPD) versus open pancreatoduodenectomy (OPD). In order to reduce the effect of bias and confounding, baseline characteristics of both groups were matched using propensity score matching.