title: Is laparoscopic total gastrectomy the right operation?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
authors.forename: Barish H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Edil
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome