Technical feasibility and safety of laparoscopy‐assisted total gastrectomy in gastric cancer: A comparative study with laparoscopy‐assisted distal gastrectomy

Only a few surgeons with much experience of laparoscopic surgery perform laparoscopy‐assisted total gastrectomy (LATG), because of its technical difficulty and concern about subsequent complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of LATG as compared with laparoscopy‐assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) in gastric cancer.

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