Long-Term Outcomes of Open Versus Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for T4a Gastric Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study.

Vo Duy LongTran Quang DatDang Quang ThongNguyen Viet HaiHo Le Minh QuocDoan Thuy NguyenTran Anh MinhNguyen Vu Tuan AnhNguyen Lam VuongJimmy SoMasanori TerashimaNguyen Hoang Bac

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2022)

LDG is feasible and safe for patients with T4a GC and is comparable to ODG regarding short- and long-term outcomes. Furthermore, LDG can be a favorable option for T4a GC smaller than 5 cm.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
robot assisted
gas chromatography
mass spectrometry
tandem mass spectrometry
laparoscopic surgery