Impact of conversion during laparoscopic gastrectomy on outcomes of patients with gastric cancer.
CONCLUSION: Except from increased operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and length of hospital stay, conversion from laparoscopic gastrectomy to open gastrectomy had no impact on postoperative complications and long-term outcomes of patients with gastric cancer.
PMID: 29155522 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of B.U.ON. - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J BUON Source Type: research
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