title: [Laparoscopic gastric resection in 50 cases of gastric benign diseases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the feasibility, effect, and clinic value of total laparoscopic gastric resection in patients with benign gastric disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical materials of 50 cases underwent total laparoscopic gastric resection (LG group) and 104 cases open surgery (OG group) between January 2002 and June 2006 were compared. The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, mean time of stay in hospital and postoperative complications were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All operations in LG group were successfully preformed with laparoscopic technique, and the mean operation time was 105 min, mean intraoperative blood loss was 50 ml, and mean hospital stay was 7 days. Incisional wound infection occurred in 2 cases and no serious complications occurred in this group. In OG group, the mean operation time was 118 min, mean intraoperative blood loss was 108 ml, and mean hospital stay was 12 days. Wound infection occurred in 7 cases, disorder of gastric emptying was found in 3 cases, fistula of anastomotic stoma happened in 1 case and bowel obstruction occurred in 1 case. There was significant difference in operation blood loss and hospital stay between the two groups (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic gastric resection is a safe and feasible minimally-invasive surgery, it brings less pain, less bleeding, shorter hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China. jssym@vip.sina.com
authors.forename: Yue-ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jian-feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Wen-xiong
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Zan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui-hua
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Han-lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome