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 ...

There are no Western multicenter randomized controlled trials comparing laparoscopic with open distal gastrectomy or laparoscopic with open total gastrectomy. 10 Eastern evidence cannot necessarily be ...