Case reportLong-sleeve-working-port assisted laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy-A new technique in laparoscopic surgery

- The new technique of using a long-sleeve-working-port in laparoscopic surgery can facilitate complicated operations like laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy.
- This technique offers both advantages of minimally invasive surgery and the use of ordinary instruments for open surgery through the working port.
- This working port is cheap and easy to use.

IntroductionAdvances in technology and instruments have made laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) feasible. Unfortunately, this operation is technically very challenging and it is not widely accepted by laparoscopic surgeons.Presentation of caseA 59-year-old woman underwent LPD using a newly invented long-sleeve-working-port (LSWP) for a mucinous cystadenoma of the head of pancreas. This case report describes this port and its use on this patient.DiscussionLSWP is a new invention to facilitate difficult laparoscopic operations. Through this LSWP, ordinary instruments used in open surgery can be used to overcome the limitation encountered in conventional laparoscopic surgery.ConculsionLSWP made complex laparoscopic surgery less complex.