Hand-assisted laparoscopic resection versus total laparoscopic gastric surgery for primary gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): an analysis from a high-volume institution.

Background: Laparoscopic resection of gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is technically feasible and associated with favorable outcomes. We compared the clinical efficacy of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HLS) and total laparoscopic surgery (TLS) for gastric GISTs.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 69 consecutive patients diagnosed with a gastric GIST in a tertiary referral teaching hospital from December 2016 to December 2020.

Postoperative follow-up for gastric cancer needs to be individualized according to age, tumour recurrence pattern, and recurrence time.

Background: Few studies have reported the association between the pattern and time point of recurrence in different groups stratified by age in postoperative survival of patients with gastric cancer.

Methods: The clinicopathological data and recurrence data of 2028 patients with GC who underwent curative surgery from January 2010 to March 2015 were enrolled in this study. Patients were grouped according to age: young group (YG) (≤45 years old) (n = 180) and non-young group (OG) (>45 years old) (n = 1848).

Advances in laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer in China.

Most gastric cancer (GC) cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage in China. Because of its high morbidity and mortality, GC remains a major health crisis in China. Surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment for GC.