Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection was noninferior to open distal gastrectomy in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer, according to 5-year follow-up ...

Seventeen of the 38 laparoscopic distal gastrectomy cases employed robotic assistance in lymph node dissection. The median number of lymph node retrieval was 23.5. Twenty-two cases included D2 lymph ...

Per-protocol analyses and prespecified subgroup analyses for total and distal gastrectomy, early and advanced cancer, and intestinal and diffuse Lauren subtypes yielded results similar to the main ...