Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for advanced gastric cancer as palliative surgery in elderly patients: a case report

Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for advanced gastric cancer as palliative surgery in elderly patients: a case report

Abstract Background The number of elderly patients with gastric cancer is increasing, with the very elderly often refusing radical gastrectomy with lymph node dissection. Such a patient presented to us and we proposed a palliative surgery involving gastric local resection using laparoscopy endoscopy...

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Main Authors: Marie Washio, Naoki Hiki, Kei Hosoda, Masahiro Niihara, Motohiro Chuman, Mikiko Sakuraya, Takuya Wada, Hiroki Harada, Takeo Sato, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Takeshi Naitoh, Yusuke Kumamoto, Takafumi Sangai, Satoshi Tanabe, Keishi Yamashita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-11-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Elderly
Gastric cancer
Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery
Palliative surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01325-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01325-1

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