Laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer was first reported by Kitano et al. in 1994, but only for early gastric cancer. In 1997, laparoscopy-assisted D2 radical gastrectomy was performed for the first time by Goh et al. for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer and achieved good short-term efficacy, thus dramatically expanded its indications from early gastric cancer to advanced gastric cancer.