[Joint application of computed tomography and laparoscopy in preoperative staging of gastric cancer].

Objective: To compare the accuracy of computer tomography (CT) plus diagnostic laparoscopy in preoperative staging of potentially resectable gastric cancer.

Methods: A total of 194 gastric cancer patients underwent combined CT and laparoscopic staging. Then the results were compared with those of pathologic TNM staging.

[Short-term efficacy comparison of laparoscopic-assisted versus open distal gastrectomy].

Objective: To compare the short-term efficacy of laparoscopic-assisted verus open distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Methods: The data of 29 patients with distal gastric cancer from January 2008 to October 2010 were analyzed.

Results: Twenty-eight underwent laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy while 1 was switched to open surgery.