Vinicius Bittar, Mauricio Ferreira Boneli, Pedro C Abrahão Reis, Nicole Felix, Marcelo Antonio Pinheiro Braga, Kian M Rocha, Leonardo O Fogaroli, Gamaliel B Costa, Ana Carolina Comini, Gustavo Amaral, Danyelle Cristine Marini, Marcos P G Camandaroba
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) is a well-established surgical technique in treating patients with early gastric cancer. However, the efficacy and safety of LAG versus open gastrectomy (OG) in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC) remains unclear. METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library in June 2023 for RCTs comparing LAG versus OG in patients with AGC. We pooled risk ratios (RR) and mean differences (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for binary and continuous endpoints, respectively...
April 2, 2024: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer