Open AccessFeasibility of totally laparoscopic gastrectomy without prophylactic drains in gastric cancer patients
Author(s) -
Hao Líu,
Peng Jin,
Qinggang Xu,
Yibin Xie,
Fuhai Ma,
Shuai Ma,
Li Yang,
Wenzhe Kang,
Yantao Tian
Publication year - 2021
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.v27.i26.4236
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , cancer , surgery , laparoscopy , general surgery
Prophylactic drains have been used to remove intraperitoneal collections and detect complications early in open surgery. In the last decades, minimally invasive gastric cancer surgery has been performed worldwide. However, reports on routine prophylactic abdominal drainage after totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy are few.