Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	2983
Country	China

Received	2013-03-30 18:29
Peer-Review Started	2013-03-31 20:41
To Make the First Decision	2013-05-02 10:33
Return for Revision	2013-05-17 18:00
Revised	2013-05-23 10:05
Second Decision	2013-07-11 08:22
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-07-11 13:11
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2013-08-27 16:46

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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Meta-Analysis
Article Title	Systematic review and meta-analysis of laparoscopy-assisted and open total gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ke Chen, Xiao-Wu Xu, Ren-Chao Zhang, Yu Pan, Di Wu and Yi-Ping Mou
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number key project grant from the Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province, China 2011C3036-2
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	Laparoscopy; Total gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Complications; Meta-analysis
Core Tip	This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) and open total gastrectomy (OTG) for gastric cancer through systematic review and meta-analysis. The existing research shows that LATG is safe and feasible, which can achieve similar lymph node dissection effects as OTG, characterized by such advantages as less pain, fewer postoperative complications, and rapid recovery, and which is expected to achieve the same effect in oncological treatment as OTG.
Publish Date	2013-08-27 16:46
Citation	Chen K, Xu XW, Zhang RC, Pan Y, Wu D, Mou YP. Systematic review and meta-analysis of laparoscopy-assisted and open total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(32): 5365-5376
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i32/5365.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i32.5365

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