Validation of a novel reconstruction method of laparoscopic gastrectomy for proximal early gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Recently, a novel surgical procedure, named as laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG) with double-tract reconstruction (DTR), has been reported to provide surgical benefits in the treatment of proximal early gastric cancer (EGC) over traditional laparoscopic total gastrectomy (L...

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Main Authors: Yixin Xu, Jie Gao, Yibo Wang, Yulin Tan, Cheng Xi, Nianyuan Ye, Dapeng Wu, Xuezhong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-020-01993-7