Feasibility of laparoscopic versus open pancreatoduodenectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by the Shanghai Cancer Center Institutional Review Board (No. 2201249–25). Patient consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study. Comprehensive informed consent was obtained from all patients before surgery for their data to be used. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by the Excellence project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (20224Z0006), Sailing Project of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (22YF1409000), Clinical Research Project of Health Industry of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (20234Y0119), Eyas Project of Shanghai Anticancer Association (SACA-CY21C11), Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (21JC1401500), Scientific Innovation Project of Shanghai Education Committee (2019–01-07–00-07-E00057), and Clinical Research Plan of Shanghai Hospital Development Center (SHDC2020CR1006A)."