ArticleAnnals of gastroenterological surgery2025
Possibly more favorable short-term outcomes with minimally invasive surgery than with open surgery in total gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer: A single high-volume center study.
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- Robotic Pancreatectomy as an Adjunct to Radical Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer: Surgical and Clinical Implications.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Possibly more favorable short-term outcomes with minimally invasive surgery than with open surgery in total gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer: A single high-volume center study.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2025Article
- Correlation between hemoglobin-to-albumin ratio and complications after radical gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Minimally invasive total gastrectomy (MTG) requires advanced surgical skills and is still associated with a higher rate of postoperative complications than other types of gastrectomy. Additionally, the short-term outcomes of MTG compared to open total gastrectomy (OTG) for locally advanced gastric cancer have yet to be demonstrated. Methods: We retrospectively compared short-term outcomes between MTG and OTG for locally advanced gastric and esophago-gastric junctional cancer, performed at the Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, during the period from January 2017 to March 2024. Propensity score matching (PSM) was conducted to adjust for potential confounders. Results: In total, 359 patients were included, with 190 remaining after PSM, resulting in 95 in each group. The MTG group experienced a significantly lower incidence of postoperative complications of Clavien-Dindo classification (C-D) ≥3 than the OTG group (3.2% vs. 11.6%, Conclusions: MTG for locally advanced gastric cancer may provide improved short-term outcomes compared to OTG, when performed or supervised by surgeons with high proficiency in laparoscopic techniques.
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