Minimally invasive approaches for gastric cancer-Korean experience.
Laparoscopic surgery in Korea increased rapidly because of the early detection of gastric cancer by the development of diagnostic tools and nationwide screening. The Korean Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study Group (KLASS group) played a leading role in various projects related with minimally invasive surgery. The justification of minimally invasive procedures including robotic surgery, sentinel-node biopsy, or single-port surgery/Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) must be predetermined by the clinical trial before a wide application, and the medical industry as well as surgeons should have great responsibility.
Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hkyang@snu.ac.kr
Han-Kwang
HK
Yang
Yun-Suhk
YS
Suh
Hyuk-Joon
HJ
Lee
D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012371:Robotics; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*