Gastrectomy is a major surgery that involves removing part or all of the stomach. Total gastrectomy and partial gastrectomy can help treat stomach cancer. Esophagogastrectomy involves removing the ...

Surgery has the theoretic advantage of being a long term treatment for a chronic health problem. Surgery has also been shown to be associated with more weight loss than behavioral or medical ...

The following is a summary of “Long-term oncological outcomes of minimally invasive versus open gastrectomy for cancer,” published in the December 2024 issue of Surgery by Abboretti et al. Researchers ...