Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer
10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.20131497
- VernacularTitle:胃癌微创治疗之路
- Author:
Xiangqian SU
;
Hong YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
gastric carcinoma;
minimally invasive surgery;
endoscopic resection;
laparoscopic gastrectomy;
robot surgery
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2013;(22):1361-1366
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Surgical resection is the only potentially curative therapeutic method for patients with gastric cancer. However, con-ventional laparotomy is sometimes associated with considerable complications and mortality rate. This procedure also affects patient quality of life after surgery. Minimally invasive techniques can potentially provide an attractive alternative to current surgical proce-dures in terms of reducing surgical injury and accelerating postoperative recovery. Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer has re-cently been reasonably applied to two distinct forms of intervention:endoscopic resection of the tumor and laparoscopic surgery. In the near future, sentinel node navigation and robot surgery will provide more options for treating gastric cancer. Such developments will im-prove the quality of life of patients following surgery for gastric cancer. Various well-designed clinical trials of the minimally invasive techniques are available. Thus, the mode of surgery for gastric carcinoma will be widely accepted and rapidly developed worldwide.
