The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Morbidity and mortality of laparoscopic versus open D2 distal gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer: a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2016; 34: 1350-1357.

Published: 9th November 2016

Authors: Hu Y, Huang C, Sun Y, Su X, Cao H, Hu J et al.

Conclusion

In this multicentre study that included early results in 1056 patients, mortality (zero after open, 0.4 per cent after laparoscopic gastrectomy) and morbidity (12.9 versus 15.2 per cent respectively) rates were similar.

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