title: [The role of minimal invasion surgery in the management of patients with gastric carcinoma].
abstract: In the last decade, minimal invasion surgery (MIS) has been used in a great variety of diseases and clinical situations. In gastric carcinoma (GC), specific indications in various circumstances have been described. MIS is used to make a diagnosis, for clinical stage classification, and for respectability evaluation, allowing to design a suitable therapy for each patient, because effective neoadjuvant treatments (chemotherapy and radiochemotherapy) are available. MIS has also been used for surgical resection of gastric neoplasia, including endoscopic mucosal resection, wedge resection of gastric wall, subtotal gastrectomy, total gastrectomy or even lymphadenectomy. MIS is used for perform palliative gastrojejunostomy in patients with distal GC, as well as for gastrostomy or jejunostomy for enteral nutrition in specific situations. MIS is still in experimental phase in GC, except in the case of preoperative staging laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Subdirección de Cirugía, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México. lonate@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: Luis Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Oñate-Ocaña
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ochoa-Carrillo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*