Laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer is an ugly duckling with unsolved concerns: oncological safety, late complications, and functional benefit

MeSH terms

• Gastrectomy / adverse effects
• Gastrectomy / methods*
• Humans
• Laparoscopy / adverse effects
• Laparoscopy / methods*
• Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
• Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
• Stomach Neoplasms / surgery*
• Time Factors