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- Title
Multicentre study of the safety of laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer in the elderly.
- Authors
Cho, G. S.; Kim, W.; Kim, H. H.; Ryu, S. W.; Kim, M. C.; Ryu, S. Y.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study which examines the safety and value of laparoscopic gastrectomy in old patients with gastric cancer compared with younger cohort. In this study, data on patients with gastric cancer, who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy in Korea, were collected. It concluded that laparoscopic gastrectomy had greater co-morbidity in elderly patients compared with young patients.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; STOMACH cancer; STOMACH surgery; COMORBIDITY; COHORT analysis
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 2009, Vol 96, Issue 12, p1437
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bjs.6777