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ArticleOncotarget2018

Totally laparoscopic verse laparoscopic assisted distal gastrostomy for gastric cancer: an update meta-analysis.

Borong Chen, Disheng Xiong, Zirong Pan, Mingyuan Chen, Gang Liu, Shengjie Wang, Yongzhi Ye, Rui Xiao, Junjie Zeng, Jiayi Li and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Borong ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Xiamen Cancer Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Disheng XiongDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, First Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Zirong PanDepartment of General Surgery, Xiamen Haicang Hospital, Xiamen, China.
Mingyuan ChenDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Gang LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Xiamen Cancer Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Shengjie WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Xiamen Cancer Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yongzhi YeDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Xiamen Cancer Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Rui XiaoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, First Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Junjie ZengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Xiamen Cancer Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Jiayi LiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Xiamen Cancer Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Zhengjie HuangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Xiamen Cancer Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University · CNFujian Medical University · CNXiamen Chang Gung Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Totally laparoscopic distal gastrostomy (TLDG) and laparoscopic- assisted distal gastrostomy (LADG) are the minimally invasive surgical technology for gastric cancer. This study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes of these two methods. Relevant studies were selected through electronic searches of EMBASE, PubMed and Web of Science. In total, 21 non-randomized controlled studies containing 2475 patients in the totally laparoscopic distal gastrostomy and 1889 patients in the laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrostomy were included in this study. And operative time, operative blood loss, retrieved lymph nodes, time to liquid diet (days), postoperative hospital stay and overall complications were pooled and compared using meta-analysis. There were no significant differences between operative time (WMD = 0.38, 95% CI -10.43 -11.18,

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gastric cancerlaparoscopic gastrostomymeta-analysis

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