BACKGROUND We conducted this retrospective study to analyze the relationship between the distance of the proximal resection margin (PRM) and the pattern of recurrence in patients with gastric cancer who underwent curative gastrectomy. METHODS In our series, there were 774 patients who underwent curative gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma. Thus, we classified our clinical series of patient...

BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is a common malignancy worldwide and a common cause of death from cancer. Despite recent advances in multimodality treatment and targeted therapy, complete resection remains the only treatment that can lead to cure. This study was devised to investigate the technical feasibility, safety and oncologic efficacy of laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for advanced gastric can...

BACKGROUND Body weight loss is a well-known complication after gastrectomy, and is mainly due to reduced fat volume. The effect of vagotomy on the postoperative fat volume was investigated in patients with early stage gastric cancer who underwent gastrectomy. METHODS Subcutaneous fat area (SFA) and visceral fat area (VFA) were separately measured in a computed tomographic (CT) image at the le...

PURPOSE Peritoneal seeding of gastric cancer is known to have a poor prognosis. With the diagnosis of peritoneal seeding, there is no effective treatment modality. Gastrectomy with chemotherapy or primary chemotherapy is basically one of major options for this condition. This study was conducted to compare the clinical outcomes of these treatments and to identify the better way to improve the p...

Laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer is rapidly becoming popular because of the technical developments and the accumulated data of laparoscopic surgery in gastric cancer patients. The aim of this review is to present the current body of evidence and to highlight controversial issues of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) provides better or c...

PURPOSE The incidence of gallstones after gastrectomy for gastric cancer is higher than in the general population. However, the causes and mechanisms of post-gastrectomy gallstones are unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of gallstone formation and the risk factors for their development after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 1,744 gastric cancer...

Since the first report of robotic gastrectomy, experienced laparoscopic surgeons have used surgical robots to treat gastric cancer and resolve problems associated with laparoscopic gastrectomy. However, compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy, the superiority of robotic procedures has not been clearly proven. There are several advantages to using robotic surgery for gastric cancer, such as reduc...

The safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy in elderly patients with gastric carcinoma has not been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of laparoscopic and open gastrectomy and estimate the feasibility of laparoscopic gastrectomy in gastric carcinoma patients aged ≥70 years. We conducted a retrospective pair-matched study of gastric carcinoma patients aged ≥70 years betwe...

Hypertension, heart disease and malnutrition were found to be the most frequently comorbidities. In our series the most common localization of the cancer was in the lower third (43.7%). So we performed total gastrectomy in 45 patients (56.9%) and partial gastrectomy in 34 patients (42.1%). Perigastric lymphadenectomy was performed in 38 patients (48.6%) while D2 gastrectomy was performed in 41 ...