Laparoscopic gastrectomy for early gastric cancer targeting as a less invasive procedure

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 81 - 85
• Main Authors: Kawamura, Hideki, Okada, Kuniaki, Isizu, Hiroyuki, Masuko, Hiroyuki, Yamagami, Hideki, Honma, Shigenori, Ueki, Shinya, Noguchi, Keita, Kondo, Yukifumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.01.2008; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Chi-Square Distribution; Digestive system. Abdomen; Endoscopy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrectomy - adverse effects; Gastrectomy - methods; Gastroenterology; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Gastroscopy - methods; Gynecology; Hepatology; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Laparoscopy - adverse effects; Laparoscopy - methods; Laparotomy - adverse effects; Laparotomy - methods; Length of Stay; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; Neoplasm Invasiveness - pathology; Neoplasm Staging; Pain, Postoperative - physiopathology; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Probability; Proctology; Risk Assessment; Sex Factors; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the digestive system; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; Less invasive surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Laparoscopic gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Laparoscopy; Malignant tumor; Gastrectomy; Stomach cancer; Treatment; Digestive diseases; Endoscopy; Cancer; Gastric disease

Background Since only a few extensive reports are available on the less invasive nature of laparoscopic gastrectomy, we compared postoperative changes over time in vital signs and hematological parameters between this surgery and laparotomic gastrectomy. Methods Of 188 patients who underwent distal...