title: Collaboration between laparoscopic surgery and endoscopic resection: an evidence-based review.
abstract: Developments in endoscopy and laparoscopy have made monumental changes to the way gastrointestinal diseases are being managed. Many diseases that were traditionally managed by open surgical resection could now be treated by endoscopy alone. However, there are still instances where endoscopic treatment alone is inadequate for disease control and laparoscopic surgery is required. In addition, the collaboration between laparoscopic surgery and endoscopic submucosal dissection or other endoscopic resectional techniques represents a new frontier for further research. The present manuscript aims to discuss the complementary role of laparoscopic surgery to endoscopic resection in the traditional context and also its future development.
authors.affiliation: CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Center and Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Anthony Yuen Bun
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Teoh
authors.forename: Philip Wai Yan
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
keywords: endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD); gastric cancer; gastrointestinal stromal tumor; laparoscopic surgery; robotic endoscopic system