Surgical Oncology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 322-333 , December 2009

Laparoscopic assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer: Is it an alternative to the open approach?

  • Danny Yakoub
    • ,
  • Thanos Athanasiou
    • ,
  • Paris Tekkis
    • ,
  • George B. Hanna

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, 10th Floor, QEQM Building, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK. Tel.: +44 0207 886 2125; fax: +44 0207 413 0470.

,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2008.08.006

Surgical Oncology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 322-333 , December 2009

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