title: Reduced port laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
abstract: The use of reduced port laparoscopic surgery (RPS) has become increasingly popular. The concept of RPS includes all procedures derived from various efforts minimizing the invasiveness of surgery, with single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) being the ultimate reduced port technique. Reduced-port laparoscopic gastrectomy (RPLG) for gastric cancer has not yet been fully established and still has issues such as feasibility, oncological validity, training, and education. The short-term results of reported studies are acceptable. However, long-term results that verify positive results or radical cure even in cases of cancer have not yet been published. Patients for whom RPLG is indicated should be selected carefully. Prospective multicenter studies should be conducted to establish RPS as a truly evidence-based practice that addresses not only cosmesis but also the appropriate balance between minimal invasiveness and radical cure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doden
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tawara
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
keywords: Laparoscopic gastrectomy; reduced port surgery; single incision