Feasibility of laparoscopic total gastrectomy with splenectomy for proximal advanced gastric cancer: A comparative study with open surgery.
Eigo AkimotoTakahiro KinoshitaReo SatoMitsumasa YoshidaYukiko NishiguchiJunichiro HaradaPublished in: Asian journal of endoscopic surgery (2020)
Although TGS is not a common procedure, LTGS may be safely performed in selected patients when carried out by an experienced surgical team. The oncological safety remains unclear and needs to be further examined in future trials.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- robot assisted
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- prostate cancer
- palliative care
- coronary artery bypass
- squamous cell carcinoma
- lymph node
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome