Three-Port Versus Five-Port Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer Patients: A Propensity Score Matched Case-Control Study

Three-port versus four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Since the first successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the establishment of pneumoperitoneum in France by Mouret in 1987, it has become the golden standard for cholecystectomy. Generally techniques with four trocars have been used with surgeons but some of them prefer 3-trocar techniques. Our aim is to compare the clinical outcomes of three- and four-port techniques prospe...

A propensity score-matched case-control comparative study of laparoscopic and open gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric carcinoma.

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the surgical and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic and open gastrectomy with radical intent for locally advanced gastric carcinoma in case-controlled patient groups using the propensity score. METHODS Between January 2009 and December 2014, 389 patients who underwent gastrectomy with radical intent for locally advanced gastric carcinoma were enrol...

Advancement of single-port, reduced-port laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Single-Port Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy with Double Tract Reconstruction for Early Gastric Cancer: Report of a Case

In Korea, proximal gastrectomy has recently attracted attention as a better choice of function-preserving surgery for proximal early gastric cancer than total gastrectomy. Of the various strategies to overcome reflux symptoms from remnant stomach, double tract reconstruction not only reduces the incidence of anastomosis-related complications, but is also sufficiently reproducible as a laparosco...

Solo Intracorporeal Esophagojejunostomy Reconstruction Using a Laparoscopic Scope Holder in Single-Port Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer

Single-incision laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer has recently been reported by Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. However, this is not a popular procedure primarily because of the technical difficulties involved in achieving consistent intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy. At Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, we recently introduced a simple, easy-to-use, low-pr...