Introduction: Although laparoscopic technique provided a minimally invasive approach for gastric cancer in the past ten years, most surgeons still thought that laparoscopic gastrectomy with D2 lymphadectomy was time-consuming. The purpose of this study was to compare laparoscopic and open gastrectomy with D2 lymphadectomy for gastric cancer before and after learning curve.Methods: A case-matched study […]
INTRODUCTION This study aims to: (1) to examine how clinicians in the United Kingdom make decisions related to cancer, and (2) to identify need for support for such decisions. Involvement of patients in medical decision making process is becoming increasingly important within the current healthcare system. The paternalistic model (in which decisions are made for […]
Background/Aim: Esophagectomy is a major operation with high mortality and morbidity, for which anastomotic leakage and necrosis of esophageal substitute are serious and potentially fatal complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the viability of the gastric tube and esophagogastric anastomosis in esophagectomy. Methods: Of 39 patients who had undergone esophagectomy during the […]
Background: Endscopic mucosal resection (EMR) has been accepted as a treatment of early gastric cancer (EGC). The number of EMR procedures for EGC has been increasing because a patient’s quality of life after EMR is superior to that after surgical gastrectomy. The recently developed EMR procedure, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), makes en-bloc resection possible for […]
Objective: Peer reviewed data is often published by single centers that are affiliated with teaching institutions with a high volume of cases. As operations grow in popularity, they are performed at a wide variety of institutions with the potential to produce inconsistent results. The purpose of this study is to compare pre-operative comorbidities and post-operative […]