The University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk, the MUG hospital, has introduced a minimally invasive laparoscopic technique for distal pancreatectomy. Until recently, this procedure was performed primarily using the traditional open method, requiring a large surgical incision.

We have adopted this modern treatment approach mainly for conditions operated on before malignant transformation occurs – primarily cystic tumours and small neuroendocrine tumours, explains Assoc. Prof. Stanisław Hać, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., from Department of Surgical Oncology, Transplant Surgery and General Surgery at the