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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2016; 22(25): 5694-5717
Published online Jul 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i25.5694
Published online Jul 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i25.5694
Laparoscopic and robot-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer: Current considerations
Stefano Caruso, Franco Franceschini, Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Unit of General Surgery, “Santa Maria Annunziata” Hospital, ASL Firenze, 50012 Florence, Italy
Alberto Patriti, Department of Surgery, General Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, "San Matteo degli Infermi" Hospital, 06049 Spoleto (PG), Italy
Franco Roviello, Lorenzo De Franco, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neuroscience; Unit of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
Andrea Coratti, Division of Oncological and Robotic General Surgery, “Careggi” University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy
Graziano Ceccarelli, Department of Medicine and General Surgery, Unit of Minimally Invasive and General Surgery, ASL8 Arezzo, “San Donato” Hospital, 52100 Arezzo, Italy
Author contributions: Caruso S wrote and conceived the design of the study; De Franco L and Franceschini F contributed to the search for the literature and acquisition of data; Patriti A, Roviello F, Coratti A and Ceccarelli G contributed to the critical appraisal of the work, revising the article critically for important intellectual content and supervising the interpretation of data.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to report.
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Correspondence to: Stefano Caruso, MD, Department of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Unit of General Surgery, “Santa Maria Annunziata” Hospital, ASL Firenze, Via dell’Antella 58, Bagno a Ripoli, 50012 Florence, Italy. stefano.caruso@teletu.it
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Received: March 26, 2016
Peer-review started: March 26, 2016
First decision: May 12, 2016
Revised: May 20, 2016
Accepted: June 15, 2016
Article in press: June 15, 2016
Published online: July 7, 2016
Processing time: 100 Days and 5.9 Hours
Peer-review started: March 26, 2016
First decision: May 12, 2016
Revised: May 20, 2016
Accepted: June 15, 2016
Article in press: June 15, 2016
Published online: July 7, 2016
Processing time: 100 Days and 5.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Laparoscopic gastrectomy has been demonstrated to be feasible and oncologically adequate for early gastric cancer (GC). Major criticism arose instead towards the spread of the use of laparoscopy for advanced GC, principally due to its poor suitability to complex maneuvers, such as extended lymphadenectomy. In recent years, robotic surgery techniques have been shown to make certain laparoscopic procedures easier and safer, such as during D2 lymph node dissection. Authors increasingly cite robotic-assisted gastrectomy as one of the most promising tools to extend the minimally invasive surgical indications for advanced GC patients.