By Victoria Stern
Reduced-port laparoscopic distal gastrectomy to treat early gastric cancer is a safe and feasible procedure that provides improved cosmesis and fewer port-related complications, according to a study presented at the recent International Congress of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) in Vienna.
The current standard of care for gastric cancer is open surgery, which includes subtotal gastrectomy or total gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection.