Totally laparoscopic vs. laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Authors :: Christof Hottenrott
Source :: Surgical Endoscopy. 24:961-963
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.
Abstract: Although no survival benefit can be expected, laparoscopic gastrectomy for patients with early gastric cancer has become popular during the last decade. Laparoscopic gastrectomy, compared with open gastrectomy, provides a series of strengths during the early postoperative period

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