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Table 3 Review of the recently published articles on staging laparoscopy in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer

From: A clinical role of staging laparoscopy in patients with radiographically defined locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Authors

Year

Duration

Number of patients

Rate of patients

Laparoscopic findings (%)

MST

(months)

True LA

Occult met

CY

P

Liver

P/Liver

Clark et al. [12]

2010

00–08

202

22 %

144 (71 %)

58 (29)

41 (20)

5 (3)

26 (13)

-

13

Morak et al. [13]

2009

95–07

68

-

44 (65)

24 (35)

14 (21)

5 (7)

2 (3)

11.7

Contreras et al. [14]

2009

02–06

33

15 %

22 (67)

11 (33)

-

7 (21)

4 (12)

  

Shoup et al. [15]

2004

94–00

100

31 %

63 (63)

37 (37)

12 (12)

18 (18)

7 (7)

-

Current study

-

07–12

67

51 %

28 (42)

39 (58)

16 (24)

13 (19)

7 (10)

3 (4)

10

  1. Pts patients, LA locally advanced, met metastasis, CY positive cytology, P peritoneal metastasis, MST median survival time