Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Sep 27, 2022; 14(9): 950-962
Published online Sep 27, 2022. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i9.950
Comparison of short-term efficacy between totally laparoscopic gastrectomy and laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy for elderly patients with gastric cancer
Rui-Yang Zhao, Hang-Hang Li, Ke-Cheng Zhang, Hao Cui, Huan Deng, Jing-Wang Gao, Bo Wei
Rui-Yang Zhao, Hang-Hang Li, Ke-Cheng Zhang, Huan Deng, Jing-Wang Gao, Bo Wei, Department of General Surgery, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
Rui-Yang Zhao, Hang-Hang Li, Huan Deng, Jing-Wang Gao, Bo Wei, Medical School of Chinese PLA, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
Hao Cui, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Author contributions: Zhao RY, Li HH and Zhang KC equally contributed to this work; Zhao RY, Li HH, Zhang KC, Cui H, Deng H and Gao JW participated in the patient information collection; Zhao RY, Li HH and Zhang KC cleaned, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Zhao RY, Li HH and Wei B revised the manuscript; Wei B designed and conceived this project; All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by National Basic Research Program of China, No. 2019YFB1311505; National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81773135 and No. 82073192; Natural Science Foundation of China for Youth, No. 82103593; Natural Science Foundation of Beijing for Youth, No. 7214252; and Program of Military Medicine for Youth, No. QNF19055.
Institutional review board statement: The study involving human participants was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Chinese PLA General Hospital.
Informed consent statement: All the patients have signed the informed consent before participating in this study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The original anonymous dataset is available on request from the corresponding author at weibo@301hospital.com.cn.
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Corresponding author: Bo Wei, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Department of General Surgery, First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, China. weibo@301hospital.com.cn
Received: April 19, 2022
Peer-review started: April 19, 2022
First decision: June 22, 2022
Revised: July 4, 2022
Accepted: August 18, 2022
Article in press: August 18, 2022
Published online: September 27, 2022
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Compared with laparoscopic assisted gastrectomy (LAG), totally laparoscopic gastrectomy (TLG) has been demonstrated to have many advantages in previous studies. However, whether TLG is safe and feasible for elderly gastric cancer (GC) patients was unclear before our work. In this study, we compared short-term outcomes between TLG and LAG groups and assessed patients’ quality of life (QOL) before surgery and 3 mo after surgery. We found that TLG is safe and feasible for elderly patients with GC and has outstanding advantages such as reducing intracorporeal blood loss, promoting postoperative recovery and improving QOL.