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D2 lymphadenectomy in reduced-port surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Neoplasms
Registration Number
KCT0005241
Lead Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
67
Inclusion Criteria

We prospectively enrolled 68 patients with gastric cancer between December 2014 and November 2019. Patients who were planned to undergo surgery (reduced-port [three-port] totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy [Duet TLDG] D2 LN dissection) at Samsung Medical Center with a histological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the stomach; a Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1; age of between 20 and 80 years; location of the primary tumor in the antrum, angle, or low body; and clinical stage T1-3NxM0, which was determined with preoperative abdominal-pelvic computed tomography, endoscopy, and chest X-ray, were eligible for inclusion in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

We excluded patients with metastasis, double primary cancer, those receiving palliative treatment, and those who underwent the resection of another organ during gastrectomy.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
compliance rate : defined as cases in which there was no more than one missing LN station during D2 LN dissection
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the numbers of dissected and retrieved LNs in each station and other short-term surgical outcomes and postoperative course
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