Background/Aim: Elderly patients usually have various comorbidities. Laparoscopic
gastrectomy as a minimally-invasive treatment might be feasible for these patients. The aim …

Background With the current increased longevity in elderly population, surgeons can expect
to operate more frequently on elderly patients with both malignancies and comorbid medical …

Background To date, it has been unclear whether laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy
(LADG) is a suitable treatment for elderly patients with early gastric cancer. This study …

Purpose With an increase in life expectancy, more elderly patients are presenting with
gastric cancer. As a result it is yet be resolved whether laparoscopy assisted distal …

Background Scarce research has reported the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic distal
gastrectomy in elderly patients. This retrospective study aimed to compare the outcomes of …

Laparoscopic gastrectomy was shown to be feasible even in elderly patients in many
retrospective case-controlled studies. However, the definition of elderly differed among …

Background Elderly patients usually have concurrent ailments, and the safety and
effectiveness of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) for these patients have …

Introduction: This study evaluated the feasibility of totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy
(TLDG) in elderly patients with gastric cancer. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the …

Background The safety and efficacy of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) for
early gastric cancer have been demonstrated in clinical studies. The aim of this study was to …

Open gastric surgery in elderly patients is associated with higher morbidity and mortality
rates than those reported among younger individuals. Therefore, minimally invasive surgery …