%0 Journal Article %T Laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer: a comparison with open procedure at the beginning of the learning curve %A Andrea Romboli %A Federico Marchesi %A Francesco Tartamella %A Giuseppina de Sario %A Matteo Ricc¨° %A Stefano Cecchini %J Archive of "Acta Bio Medica : Atenei Parmensis". %D 2017 %R 10.23750/abm.v%vi%i.6541 %X In the last decades, after some initial concern, laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy (LSG) is gaining popularity also for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC). The aim of this study is to compare a single surgeon initial experience on LSG and open subtotal gastrectomy in terms of surgical safety and radicality, postoperative recovery and midterm oncological outcomes %K gastric cancer %K laparoscopic gastrectomy %K survival %K lymphadenectomy %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142852/