How to divide the pancreatic parenchyma in patients with a portal annular pancreas: laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy for serous cystic neoplasms

Surgical Case Reports

Table 2 Reported 7 cases with portal annular pancreas who underwent distal pancreatectomy

Author	Year	Age	Gender	Pancreatic disease	Classification of PAP	Laparoscopic surgery	No. of cut margin	POPF	Postoperative hospital stay
Hashimoto et al. [13]	2009	39	Female	MCN	Ia	No	2	Yes (grade A)	9
Jang et al. [11]	2012	74	Female	IPMN	IIIa	Yes^a	2	Yes (grade A)	16
Yamaguchi [12]	2013	80	Female	Pancreas sarcoidosis	Ia	No	2	No	–
Harnoss et al [1]	2014	48	Female	Suprarenal cancer	IIIa	No	2	Yes (grade B)	13
Ohtsuka et al. [7]	2016	63	Male	PNET	IIIa	No	2	No	–
Ohtsuka et al. [7]	2016	61	Female	PDAC	IIIa	No	2	Yes (grade B)	–
Our case	2020	47	Female	SCN	IIIa	Yes	2	Yes (grade B)	9

PAP portal annular pancreas, POPF postoperative pancreatic fistula, MCN mucinous cystic neoplasm, IPMN intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, PNET pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, PDAC pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, SCN serous cystic neoplasm
^aDetails of the surgical procedure were unknown