Table 1 Short-term postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and open distal pancreatectomy

Kooby, 2008 [7]

Retrospective

142 vs. 200

11 vs. 18

40 vs. 57

5.9 ± 3.8 vs. 9.0 ± 6.0^A

0 vs. 1

Vijan, 2010 [9]

Retrospective

100 vs. 100†

17 vs. 17

34 vs. 29

6.1 ± 2.4 vs. 8.6 ± 5.9^A

3 vs. 1

Limongelli, 2012 [12]

Retrospective

16 vs. 29

18 vs. 20

4 vs. 12

6.4 ± 2.3 vs. 8.6 ± 1.7^A

0 vs. 1

Stauffer, 2013 [11]

Retrospective

82 vs. 90

6 vs. 10

13 vs. 20

4 (1–10) vs. 8 (3–18)^B

N/A

Lee, 2015 [10]

Retrospective

131/37 vs. 637

6/5 vs. 9

32/32 vs. 40

5 (5–7)/5 (5–8) vs. 7 (6–9)^B

0.6/0 vs. 0

Xourafas, 2015 [13]

Retrospective

73 vs. 98

6 vs. 15

30 vs. 47

5 (3–18) vs. 7 (4–39)^C

5 vs. 13

Han, 2018 [18]

Retrospective

42 vs. 52

9.5 vs. 15.4

26.2 vs. 34.6

7 (4–18) vs. 9 (7–66)^D

N/A

Zhang, 2019 [19]

Propensity score-matched

141 vs. 141

10.6 vs. 9.9

48.2 vs. 58.2

4 (4–6) vs. 7 (5–9)^C

0.7 vs. 1.4

De Rooij, 2019 [15]

Randomized control trial

51 vs. 57

39 vs. 23

25 vs. 38

6 (4–13) vs. 8 (6–12)^B

0 vs. 2

Klompmaker, 2019 [17]

Retrospective

1562 vs. 1359

N/A

22.4 vs. 33

N/A

0.6 vs. 1

Partelli, 2020 [14]

Retrospective

40 vs. 84

50 vs. 55

62.5 vs. 75

7.5 (6–9) vs. 9 (8–11)^B

0 vs. 0

Bjornsson, 2020 [16]

Randomized control trial

29 vs. 29

31 vs. 38

N/A

5 (4–5) vs. 6 (5–7)^B

N/A