ArticleAnnals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches2021
Comparative Outcomes of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy and Open Gastrectomy for Scirrhous Gastric Cancer: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
Article in Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Lack of oncological significance of prophylactic splenectomy for type 4 gastric cancer invading the greater curvature: a multicenter retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy for Borrmann Type IV Gastric Cancer: An Oncologically Sound Alternative to Open Surgery.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Is Laparoscopic/Robotic Total Gastrectomy a Reasonable and Adequate Treatment for Proximal Advanced Gastric Cancer?Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Review
- Laparoscopic gastrectomy reduced peritoneal recurrence in Borrmann type IV gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort study with propensity score matching.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Feasibility of laparoscopic/robot-assisted surgery for Borrmann type 4 gastric cancer: a comparison study with conventional open surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objective: A multicenter retrospective cohort study was performed to compare the outcomes of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) versus open gastrectomy (OG) for scirrhous gastric cancer (GC) as a unique subtype also known as type 4 gastric cancer or linitis plastica. Background: Although data on the efficacy and safety of LG as an alternative to OG are emerging, the applicability of LG to scirrhous GC remains unclear. Methods: Patients with clinical type 4 GC undergoing gastrectomy at 13 hospitals from 2005 to 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. As the primary endpoint, we compared overall survival (OS) between the LG and OG groups. To adjust for confounding factors, we used multivariate Cox regression analysis for the main analyses and propensity-score matching for sensitivity analysis. Short-term outcomes and recurrence-free survival were also compared. Results: A total of 288 patients (LG, 62; OG, 226) were included in the main analysis. Postoperative complications occurred in 25.8% and 30.1%, respectively ( Conclusions: Considering the hazard ratios and 95% CIs for OS, LG for scirrhous GC was not associated with worse survival than that for OG.
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