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Benefits of laparoscopic surgery compared to open standard surgery for gastric carcinoma in elderly patients: propensity score-matching analysis

Authors :
Daisuke Yoshida
Kazuhito Minami
Masaru Morita
Manabu Yamamoto
Masahiko Ikebe
Mototsugu Shimokawa
Yasushi Toh
Mitsuhiko Ohta
Hiroyuki Kawano
Source :
Surgical endoscopy. 33(2)
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Laparoscopic surgery is frequently performed, and laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) is also widely performed for gastric cancer. Elderly population with gastric cancer has increased in East Asia, including in Japan. We examined 1131 patients with gastric cancer who underwent laparoscopic and open standard surgeries (OG). A total of 921 patients of age

Details

ISSN :
14322218
Volume :
33
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Surgical endoscopy
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....12bc6cb89cb3b87e28711f9fb7efbf9c