Is sufficient experience performing open gastrectomies necessary to start laparoscopic distal gastrectomy training?

Takanobu YamadaKazuki KanoHirohito FujikawaKeisuke KomoriHayato WatanabeYota ShimodaManabu ShiozawaSoichiro MorinagaToru AoyamaMasakatsu NumataHiroshi TamagawaYasushi RinoMunetaka MasudaTakashi OgataTakashi Oshima

Published in: Asian journal of endoscopic surgery (2020)

Laparoscopic distal gastrectomies performed by trainees, with insufficient experience performing open gastrectomies, are as feasible and safe as that performed by ET.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
robot assisted
primary care
general practice