Results: We conducted the research on 39 cases of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy at the department of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery, Cho Ray hospital, from May 2005 to May 2015. The male: female ratio was 1: 2.6, average age was 40.5 (14 - 77), mean time of operation was 280 minutes (135 - 460).