A multi-institutional prospective observational study to compare postoperative quality of life of patients who undergo total or proximal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer (CCOG1602).
Mitsuro KandaChie TanakaKazunari MisawaYoshinari MochizukiTakuya WatanabeSatoshi SueokaAkiharu IshiyamaTakanobu YamadaTakashi OshimaMasashi HattoriShinya KoikeKiyoshi IshigureHitoshi TeramotoKenta MurotaniYasuhiro KoderaPublished in: World journal of surgery (2024)
This prospective study demonstrates that PG tended to be more favorable compared with TG with respect to postoperative weight loss and QOL, particularly regarding indigestion.