Open AccessSystematic review and meta-analysis of laparoscopy-assisted and open total gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Ke Chen,
Xiaorong Xu,
Ren-Chao Zhang,
Yu Pan,
Di Wu,
Yiping Mou
Publication year - 2013
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.v19.i32.5365
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , laparoscopy , surgery , meta analysis , surgical oncology , cancer
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) and open total gastrectomy (OTG) for gastric cancer.