Author Year Number of pts (age) Sex Type of PD Location IPMN Surgery Thayer et al.[8] 2002 1 (71 yrs) female complete DPD dorsal.pancreatectomy Yarzeetal.[9] 2003 1 (33 yrs) female complete DPD pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy Sakateetal.[10] 2004 1 (34 yrs) male complete VPD pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy Sakurai et al.[11] 2004 1 (74 yrs) male complete DPD pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy Kamisawaetal.[12] 2005 1 (63 yrs) female complete DPD distal.pancreatectomy Akizukietal.[13] 2005 1 (75 yrs) female complete DPD distal.pancreatectomy Tal.boltetal.[14] 2005 1 (51 yrs) female complete DPD dorsal.pancreatectomy Scattonetal.[15] 2006 1 (45 yrs) male complete DPD dorsal.pancreatectomy Sterling et al.[16] 2007 1 (70 yrs) female incomplete DPD unresectable (during surgery) Kim et al.[17] 2009 1 (79 yrs) male complete DPD not performed for poor general. condition Santi et al.[18] 2010 1 (74 yrs) female complete DPD and VPD not performed Ringold et al.[19] 2010 1 (65 yrs) male complete DPD not perfomed Nakagawa et al.[20] 2013 1 (70yrs) female complete DPD not specificated

Table 1: Results regardless IPMN associated to PD: Number of patients (with age at diagnosis) affected by IPMN; Type of PD (complete/incomplete); Location of IPMN (Dorsal. Pancreatic Duct –DPD-/Ventral. Pancreatic duct –VPD-); Type of surgical. approach.