Minimally invasive versus open distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (DIPLOMA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Jony van Hilst, Maarten Korrel, Sanne Lof, Thijs de Rooij, Frederique Vissers, Bilal Al-Sarireh, Adnan Alseidi, Adrian C. Bateman, Bergthor Björnsson, Ugo Boggi, Svein Olav Bratlie, Olivier Busch, Giovanni Butturini, Riccardo Casadei, Frederike Dijk, Safi Dokmak, Bjorn Edwin, Casper van Eijck, Alessandro Esposito, Jean-Michel Fabre, Massimo Falconi, Giovanni Ferrari, David Fuks, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Thilo Hackert, Tobias Keck, Igor Khatkov, Ruben de Kleine, Arto Kokkola, David A. Kooby, Daan Lips, Misha Luyer, Ravi Marudanayagam, Krishna Menon, Quintus Molenaar, Matteo de Pastena, Andrea Pietrabissa, Rushda Rajak, Edoardo Rosso, Patricia Sanchez Velazquez, Olivier Saint Marc, Mihir Shah, Zahir Soonawalla, Ales Tomazic, Caroline Verbeke, Joanne Verheij, Steven White, Hanneke W. Wilmink, Alessandro Zerbi, Marcel G. Dijkgraaf, Marc G. Besselink, Mohammad Abu Hilal, for the European Consortium on Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery (E-MIPS)

Get full text