Author Journal Year Number of total patients Number of cancer patients Total procedures of splanchnicectomy Approach Side Position Worsey et al. 15 ] Br J Surg 1993 Pancreatic cancer (
) 1 1 Unilateral (
) Left (
) Lateral position Cuschieri et al. 20 ] J R Coll Surg Edinb 1994 Pancreatic cancer (
), chronic pancreatitis (
) 3 8 Bilateral (
) Bilateral (
) Prone position Lin et al. [21 ] Eur J Surg Suppl 1994 Pancreatic cancer (
), hepatocellular carcinoma (
), cholangiocarcinoma (
), gastric cancer (
), colon cancer with liver metastasis (
), esophageal cancer (
) 14 14 Unilateral (
), bilateral (
) Right (
), bilateral (
) Lateral position Takahashi et al. [22 ] Surg Endosc 1996 Pancreatic cancer (
) 3 3 Unilateral (
) Left (
) Lateral position Lonroth et al. 23 ] Eur J Surg 1997 Pancreatic cancer (
), duodenal cancer (
), chronic pancreatitis (
), portal vein thrombosis (
) 5 5 Unilateral (
) Left (
) Lateral position Le Pimpec Barthes et al. 24 ] Ann Thorac Surg 1998 Pancreatic cancer (
) 20 24 Unilateral (
), bilateral (
) Left (
), Right (
), Bilateral (
) Lateral position Ihse et al. [25 ] Ann Surg 1999 Pancreatic cancer (
), chronic pancreatitis (
) 23 44 Bilateral (
) Bilateral (
) Prone position Giraudo et al. 26 ] Ann Oncol 1999 Pancreatic cancer (
) 14 16 Unilateral (
), bilateral (
) Left (
), right (
), bilateral (
) Lateral position Pietrabissa et al. [27 ] Arch Surg 2000 Pancreatic cancer (
) 24 25 (technical failure in 4) Unilateral (
) Left (
), right (
) Lateral position Saenz et al. 28 ] Surg Endosc 2000 Pancreatic cancer (
) 24 35 Unilateral (
), bilateral (
) Left (
), bilateral (
) Lateral position Leksowski [29 ] Surg Endosc 2001 Pancreatic cancer (
) 26 26 Unilateral (
) Left (
) Lateral position Krishna 6 ] Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2001 Pancreatic cancer (
) 1 1 Unilateral (
) NR NR Lang-Lazdunski et al. [30 ] Ann Thorac Surg 2002 Adrenal metastasis (
) 1 1 Unilateral (
) Left (
) Lateral position Stefaniak et al. 31 ] EJSO 2005 Pancreatic cancer (
) 59 24 Unilateral (
) Left (
) Lateral position Kang et al. [32 ] Am J Surg 2007 Pancreatic cancer (
), hepatic cancer (
), gallbladder cancer (
), bile duct cancer (
), gastric cancer (
) 21 21 Bilateral (
) Bilateral (
) Lateral position Katri 33 ] J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2008 Pancreatic cancer (
) 12 15 (technical failure in 1) Unilateral (
), bilateral (
, continuous) Left (
), Right (
) Lateral position Johnson et al. 4 ] Pancreatology 2009 Pancreatic cancer (
), gallbladder cancer (
), bile duct cancer (
), duodenal cancer (
), unknown cancer (
) 65 15 Bilateral (
) Bilateral (
) Prone position Prasad et al. 34 ] J Minim Access Surg 2009 Pancreatic cancer (
) 1 1 Bilateral (
) Bilateral (
) Prone position
Ĺmigielski et al. 35 ] Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques 2011 Pancreatic cancer (
) 89 121 Unilateral (
) NR Lateral position Tavassoli 36 ] Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine 2013 Pancreatic cancer (
) 20 20 Unilateral (
) Left (
) Lateral position
