Review of minimally invasive pancreas surgery and opinion on its incorporation into low volume and resource poor centres

Figure 1 Learning curve pyramid illustrating the suggested mastery of pancreatic operations in a step-wise fashion, starting with simpler dissections initially and gradually rising to the most difficult operations. Citation: Speicher PJ, Nussbaum DP, White RR, Zani S, Mosca PJ, Blazer DG 3rd, Clary BM, Pappas TN, Tyler DS, Perez A. Defining the learning curve for team-based laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol 2014; 21(12): 4014-4019. Copyright © Speicher PJ et al 2014. Published by Springer Nature[74].