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Notes on laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery-current status from clinical studies of minimally invasive surgery for
Tsuyoshi Etoh1, Norio Shiraishi2, Masafumi Inomata1
1Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Journal of Visualized Surgery
|October 29, 2017
Abstract:
To establish high-quality evidence of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LAG) in the field of gastric cancer treatments, large-scale, prospective randomized controlled trials have been performed in Japan, Korea and China. Furthermore, as advanced laparoscopic techniques have been developed, prospective clinical studies are being performed with regard to laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy and robotic gastrectomy. This review summarizes the current status of minimally invasive surgeries for gastric cancer based on the latest ongoing clinical trials.