Comparison of laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer: an updated meta-analysis

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 939-950

  Quan, Yingjun ^a   Huang, Ao ^b   Ye, Min ^a   Xu, Ming ^a   Zhuang, Biao ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Min, Zhijun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY PUDONG MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced gastric cancer; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Meta analysis; Open gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84937819010     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: 14363305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-015-0516-x     Document Type: Article

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