A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials that Compared Laparoscopy-Assisted and Open Distal Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer

Hiroshi Ohtani,Yutaka Tamamori,Kozo Noguchi,Takashi Azuma,Shunsuke Fujimoto,Hiroko Oba,Tetsuya Aoki,Mieko Minami,Kosei Hirakawa

A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials that Compared Laparoscopy-Assisted and Open Distal Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer

2010

Hiroshi Ohtani
Yutaka Tamamori
Kozo Noguchi
Takashi Azuma
Shunsuke Fujimoto
Hiroko Oba
Tetsuya Aoki
Mieko Minami
Kosei Hirakawa

Background We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate and compare the advantages of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) over open distal gastrectomy (ODG) for treating early gastric cancer (EGC).

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Randomized controlled trial
Distal gastrectomy
Gastroenterology
Surgery
Lymph node
Meta-analysis
Early Gastric Cancer
General surgery
Internal medicine
Laparoscopy
Medicine

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