Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	10628
Country	China

Received	2014-04-10 19:55
Peer-Review Started	2014-04-11 14:55
To Make the First Decision	2014-04-28 14:04
Return for Revision	2014-05-02 16:44
Revised	2014-05-09 23:13
Second Decision	2014-06-13 16:03
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-06-13 16:04
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Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2014-06-21 17:33
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2014-11-17 15:12

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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Meta-Analysis
Article Title	Totally laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes compared with open surgery
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu and Yi-Ping Mou
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Yi-Ping Mou, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China. mouyiping2002@163.com
Key Words	Gastric cancer; Gastrectomy; Intracorporeal anastomosis; Laparoscopy; Meta-analysis; Survival
Core Tip	Laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer has rapidly become popular in the past decades due to its minimally invasive advantages over open gastrectomy (OG). However, totally laparoscopic gastrectomy (TLG) remains controversial in terms of safety and technical issues. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of TLG compared with OG for gastric cancer by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. The existing research shows that TLG is safe and feasible, and can achieve similar lymph node dissection effects to those of OG, and is characterized by advantages such as less pain, fewer postoperative complications, and rapid recovery, and is expected to achieve the same effect in oncological treatment as OG.
Publish Date	2014-11-17 15:12
Citation	Chen K, Pan Y, Cai JQ, Xu XW, Wu D, Mou YP. Totally laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes compared with open surgery. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(42): 15867-15878
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i42/15867.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15867

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