Research Article: Safety and Efficacy of Partial Omentectomy in Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for pT-Ta Stage Gastric Cancer
Introduction:
In , a large-scale randomized controlled trial (JCOG) carried out by hospitals in Japan confirmed that bursectomy did not provide a survival advantage over non-bursectomy, and D lymphadenectomy with total omentectomy (TO) should be regarded as a standard procedure for resectable gastric cancer (GC). Henceforth, bursectomy is not recommended for GC surgery in the Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines (th and th editions). , According to the current Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines (th edition),…
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