title: Minimally invasive surgery in gastric cancer.
abstract: Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer has rapidly gained popularity due to the early detection of early gastric cancer. As advances in instruments and the accumulation of laparoscopic experience increase, laparoscopic techniques are being used for less invasive but highly technical procedures. Recent evidence suggests that the short- and long-term outcomes of minimally invasive surgery for early gastric cancer and advanced gastric cancer are comparable to those of conventional open surgery. However, these results should be confirmed by large-scale multicenter prospective randomized controlled clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Sang-Yong Son, Hyung-Ho Kim, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 463-707, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Son
authors.affiliation: Sang-Yong Son, Hyung-Ho Kim, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 463-707, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Ho
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Minimally invasive surgery