| Category |
Surgery |
| Manuscript Type |
Meta-Analysis |
| Article Title |
Laparoscopic vs open total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A meta-analysis
|
| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Jun-Jie Xiong, Quentin M Nunes, Wei Huang, Chun-Lu Tan, Neng-Wen Ke, Si-Ming Xie, Xun Ran, Hao Zhang, Yong-Hua Chen and Xu-Bao Liu |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| UK/China Postgraduate Scholarships for Excellence |
|
| NIHR Translational Research Fellowship |
|
| Royal College of Surgeons of England-Ethicon Research Fellowship |
|
|
| Corresponding Author |
Xu-Bao Liu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guo Xue Rd 37, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. liuxb2011@126.com |
| Key Words |
Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic total gastrectomy; Laparoscopic assisted total gastrectomy; Open total gastrectomy; Meta-analysis |
| Core Tip |
Currently, surgical resection is the mainstay treatment for gastric cancer. With technical advances and improved instrumentation, laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) is being used increasingly to treat this malignant disease. However, compared with conventional open total gastrectomy (OTG), the safety and technical feasibility of LTG have not been adequately evaluated. This study clarified that, compared with OTG, LTG has similar short-term oncological outcomes, analgesic use and mortality. Furthermore, LTG was associated with lower intraoperative blood loss and overall complication rate, fewer wound-related complications, quicker recovery of gastrointestinal motility and a shorter hospital stay, albeit with a longer operation time.
|
| Publish Date |
2013-12-11 16:13 |
| Citation |
Xiong JJ, Nunes QM, Huang W, Tan CL, Ke NW, Xie SM, Ran X, Zhang H, Chen YH, Liu XB. Laparoscopic vs open total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(44): 8114-8132 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i44/8114.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.8114 |
