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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kim HH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3566471 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 20130129 2
A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the long-term outcomes of laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer is currently ongoing in Korea. Patients with cT1N0M0-cT2aN0M0 (American Joint Committee on Cancer, 6th edition) distal gastric cancer were randomized to receive either laparoscopic or open distal gastrectomy. For surgical quality control, the surgeons participating in this trial had to have performed at least 50 cases each of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy and open dist ...[more]