Open AccessLaparoscopic gastrectomy for elderly gastric-cancer patients: comparisons with laparoscopic gastrectomy in non-elderly patients and open gastrectomy in the elderly
Author(s) -
Zhengyan Li,
Jie Chen,
Bin Bai,
Shuai Xu,
Dan Song,
Bo Liu,
Jipeng Li,
Gang Ji,
Qingchuan Zhao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gastroenterology report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2052-0034
pISSN - 2304-1412
DOI - 10.1093/gastro/goaa041
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , cancer , gastroenterology , surgery
The benefits of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) in elderly gastric-cancer patients still remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of LG in elderly gastric-cancer patients.