Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Malnourished Patients After Laparoscopic or Open Radical Gastrectomy

ConclusionCompared with open radical gastrectomy, laparoscopy would reduce the postoperative complications especially pneumonia and shorten the postoperative hospital stay for patients with preoperative malnutrition without affecting their long-term survival.
Source: World Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research