Open AccessLymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer with submucosal invasion: Feasibility of minimally invasive surgery
Author(s) -
Do Joong Park,
Hyeon Kook Lee,
Hyuk Joon Lee,
Hye Seung Lee,
Woo Ho Kim,
Han Kwang Yang,
Kuhn Uk Lee,
Kuk Jin Choe
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i24.3549
Subject(s) - medicine , submucosa , metastasis , lymph node , lymphovascular invasion , lymph , cancer , univariate analysis , pathology , odds ratio , lymphatic system , lymph node metastasis , gastrectomy , oncology , multivariate analysis
To explore the feasibility of performing minimally invasive surgery (MIS) on subsets of submucosal gastric cancers that are unlikely to have regional lymph node metastasis.