Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy in Elderly Patients

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[2] Butters M(2000)Is extended lymph node dissection necessary for gastric cancer in elderly patients? Eur J Surg 166 949-953

[3] Ulrich M(2015)Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Lancet 385 117-171

[4] Uppenbrink S(2002)Should gastric cancer patients more than 80 years of age undergo surgery? Comparison with patients not treated surgically concerning prognosis and quality of life J Clin Gastroenterol 35 29-34

[5] Beger HG(1994)Laparoscopy-assisted Billroth I gastrectomy Surg Laparosc Endosc 4 146-148

[6] Eguchi T(2007)A multicenter study on oncologic outcome of laparoscopic gastrectomy for early cancer in Japan Ann Surg 245 68-72

[7] Takahashi Y(2005)A prospective randomized study comparing open vs laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy in early gastric cancer: early results Surg Endosc 19 168-173

[8] Ikarashi M(2005)Prospective randomized study of open versus laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with extraperigastric lymph node dissection for early gastric cancer Surg Endosc 19 1172-1176

[9] Kasahara M(2011)Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma, 3rd English edition Gastric Cancer 14 101-112

[10] Fujii M(1987)A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation J Chronic Dis 40 373-383

[1] Bittner R(1996)Total gastrectomy. Updated operative mortality and long-term survival with particular reference to patients older than 70 years of age Ann Surg 224 37-42

[2] Butters M(2000)Is extended lymph node dissection necessary for gastric cancer in elderly patients? Eur J Surg 166 949-953

[3] Ulrich M(2015)Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Lancet 385 117-171

[4] Uppenbrink S(2002)Should gastric cancer patients more than 80 years of age undergo surgery? Comparison with patients not treated surgically concerning prognosis and quality of life J Clin Gastroenterol 35 29-34

[5] Beger HG(1994)Laparoscopy-assisted Billroth I gastrectomy Surg Laparosc Endosc 4 146-148

[6] Eguchi T(2007)A multicenter study on oncologic outcome of laparoscopic gastrectomy for early cancer in Japan Ann Surg 245 68-72

[7] Takahashi Y(2005)A prospective randomized study comparing open vs laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy in early gastric cancer: early results Surg Endosc 19 168-173

[8] Ikarashi M(2005)Prospective randomized study of open versus laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with extraperigastric lymph node dissection for early gastric cancer Surg Endosc 19 1172-1176

[9] Kasahara M(2011)Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma, 3rd English edition Gastric Cancer 14 101-112

[10] Fujii M(1987)A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation J Chronic Dis 40 373-383