History of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gastric Cancer in Korea.
- Author:
Young Woo KIM
1
;
Hong Man YOON
;
Bang Wool EOM
;
Ji Yeon PARK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Multicenter Study ; Review
- Keywords: Stomach neoplasms; Laparoscopy; Gastrectomy; Robotics; History
- MeSH: Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Gastrectomy; Humans; Incidence; Korea; Laparoscopy; Mass Screening; Robotics; Stomach Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Gastric Cancer 2012;12(1):13-17
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Laparoscopic gastrectomy was begun in 1995 in Korea. But, there was 4 years gap to reactivate in 1999. High incidence of gastric cancer and increasing proportion of early cancer through national screening program along with huge effort and enthusiasm of laparoscopic gastric surgeon, and active academic exchange with Japanese doctors contributed development of laparoscopic gastrectomy in Korea. Study group activity of Korean Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (KLASS) group and Collaborative Action for Gastric Cancer (COACT) group were paramount to evoke large scale multicenter clinical study and various well performed clinical studies. This review encompasses mainly international publications about this area so far in Korea.
