HOW TO PERFORM LAPAROSCOPIC DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY USING THE CLOCKWISE TECHNIQUE.

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic pancreatectomy is currently a widely used approach for benign and malignant lesions of the pancreas. AIMS: This study aimed to describe how to perform a laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy using The Clockwise Technique. METHODS: An 18-year-old female patient presented with a well-defined tumor in the pancreatic body with 4 cm in diameter that suggested a diagnosis of solid pseudopapillary tumor (Frantz's tumor). The patient was recommended for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy by using The Clockwise Technique. RESULTS: The clockwise, caudal-to-cephalic approach appears to have other significant technical advantages that facilitate the performance of the procedure. CONCLUSIONS: A laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy performed using The Clockwise Technique provides satisfactory outcomes.

How to perform laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy using the clockwise technique / Como realizar a pancreatectomia distal laparoscópica usando a clockwise technique

ABSTRACT - BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic pancreatectomy is currently a widely used approach for benign and malignant lesions of the pancreas. AIMS: This study aimed to describe how to perform a laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy using The Clockwise Technique. METHODS: An 18-year-old female patient presented with a well-defined tumor in the pancreatic body with 4 cm in diameter that suggested a diagnosis of solid pseudopapillary tumor (Frantz's tumor). The patient was recommended for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy by using The Clockwise Technique. RESULTS: The clockwise, caudal-to-cephalic approach appears to have other significant technical advantages that facilitate the performance of the procedure. CONCLUSIONS: A laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy performed using The Clockwise Technique provides satisfactory outcomes.

RESUMO - RACIONAL: A pancreatectomia laparoscópica está se tornando uma abordagem amplamente usada para lesões benignas e malignas do pâncreas. OBJETIVOS: Descrever como realizar a pancreatectomia distal laparoscópica usando a Clockwise Technique. MÉTODOS: Paciente feminina com 18 anos de idade, apresentando tumor bem definido no corpo pancreático com 4 cm de diâmetro que sugeria o diagnóstico de tumor sólido pseudopapilar (tumor de Frantz). O paciente foi considerado para pancreatectomia distal laparoscópica pela Clockwise Technique. RESULTADOS: A Clockwise Technique parece apresentar outras vantagens técnicas significativas que facilitam a realização do procedimento. CONCLUSÕES: A pancreatectomia distal laparoscópica foi realizada com a clockwise technique, obtendo-se resultados satisfatórios.

Papilomatose das vias biliares / Biliary papillomatosis

A papilomatose das vias biliares (PVB) é uma afecção rara, descrita inicialmente por Caroli, em 1959. Até o ano de 2001, apenas cerca de 50 casos foram descritos na literatura mundial. O diagnóstico da PVB dificilmente é realizado no pré-operatório, pois os achados de exames de imagem e endoscópicos quase sempre são inespecíficos, e muitas vezes apenas sugerem o diagnóstico de neoplasia das vias biliares. O objetivo da presente publicação é relatar um caso de PVB tratado por hepatectomia esquerda com o diagnóstico provável de colangiocarcinoma da confluência dos hepáticos. O diagnóstico definitivo de PVB só foi estabelecido após estudo anatomopatológico da peça cirúrgica. São comentados aspectos relacionados ao diagnóstico diferencial, às opões de tratamento propostas para a PVB, bem como o prognóstico dos pacientes submetidos à ressecção.

Biliary papillomatosis (BP) is a rare disease, initially described for Caroli, in 1959. Until the year of 2001, only about 50 cases had been described in world-wide literature. The diagnosis of the BP hardly is carried through in pre-operatory, therefore the findings of image examinations and endoscopies almost always are not specifics, and many times only suggest diagnosis of neoplasia of biliary ducts. The objective of present publication is to relate a case of BP treated for left hepatectomy with probable diagnosis of cholangiocarcionoma of hepatics ducts confluence. Definitive diagnosis of BP alone was established after anatomopathological study of surgical specimen. Aspects related to differential diagnosis, treatment options proposals for the BP, as well as prognostic of the patients submitted to surgery are commented.