Evaluation of a single surgeon ’s learning curve of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: risk-adjusted cumulative summation analysis

ConclusionsThe LPD failure rate decreased after the first 60 cases and stabilized after 84 cases. For safe dissemination of LPD, it is important to shorten the long learning curve and decrease the unfavorable outcomes in the early phase of the learning curve.
Source: Surgical Endoscopy - Category: Surgery Source Type: research