Prospect of laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer / 中华消化外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Laparoscopic surgery has been adopted for the treatment of gastric cancer in recent years around the world.New advances in these techniques have been achieved. This paper provides an overview of the clinical outcome of laparoscopic surgery for early gastric cancer and advanced gastric cancer,the application of laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy,the technical characteristics of laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy,the values of single-incision laparoscopically assisted surgery and the application status and prospect of robotassisted laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.