Table 2 Comparison of oncological outcomes between laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and open distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer

Kooby, 2010 [22]

Retrospective

23 vs. 189

13.8 ± 8.4 vs. 12.5 ± 8.5 A

74 vs. 73

16 vs. 16

Magge, 2013 [23]

Retrospective

28 vs. 34

11 (8–20) vs. 12 (6–19) B

86 vs. 88

19

Rehman, 2014 [28]

Retrospective

8 vs. 14

16 (1–27) vs. 14 (0–26) C

88 vs. 86

33 vs. 52

Shin, 2015 [25]

Retrospective

70 vs. 80

12 (1–34) vs. 10 (1–64) C

75.7 vs. 83.8

33.4 vs. 29.1

Lee, 2015 [10]

Retrospective

23 vs. 249

11 ± 7.6 vs. 15 ± 8.7 A

100 vs. 88

N/A

Sharpe, 2015 [29]

Retrospective

144 vs. 625

14.9 ± 10.0 vs. 13.3 ± 9.9 A

87 vs. 78

N/A

Stauffer, 2016 [26]

Retrospective

44 vs. 28

25.9 (5–48) vs. 12.7 (1–45) B**

95.5 vs. 82.1

26.6 vs. 26.4

Bauman, 2017 [24]

Retrospective

33 vs. 46

14.5 ± 1.1 vs. 17.5 ± 1.2 A

77 vs. 87

18 vs. 15

Raoof, 2018 [27]

Propensity score-matched

563 vs. 563

12 (6–18·5) vs. 22 (14–31) B**

85.1 vs. 81.5

N/A

Van Hilst, 2019 [30]

Propensity score-matched

340 vs. 340

14 (8–22) vs. 22 (14–31) B*

67 vs. 58

28 vs. 31