Current status and prevention of complications after laparoscopic radical gastrectomy
Zang, L.; Hu, W-Guo.; Zheng, M-Hua.
Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 16(10): 940-943
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1671-0274 PMID: 24158863 Document Number: 669890
It is the most important for surgeons to achieve surgical safety and oncological clearance in laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer. With the widespread adoption oflaparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer, surgeons make great efforts to achieve better safety andlower morbidity. Common abdominal complications (intraoperative and postoperative) after laparoscopic radical gastrectomy include bleeding, anastomotic leakage, anastomotic stenosis, iatrogenic organ injury, pancreatic leakage, etc. The causes and prevention of the complications related with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy was discussed in this article.