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. 2012 Mar;12(1):13-7.
doi: 10.5230/jgc.2012.12.1.13. Epub 2012 Mar 30.

History of minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer in Korea

Young-Woo Kim  1 , Hong Man Yoon, Bang Wool Eom, Ji Yeon Park
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History of minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer in Korea

Young-Woo Kim et al. J Gastric Cancer. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Laparoscopic gastrectomy was begun in 1995 in Korea. But, there was 4 years gap to reactivate in 1999. High incidence of gastric cancer and increasing proportion of early cancer through national screening program along with huge effort and enthusiasm of laparoscopic gastric surgeon, and active academic exchange with Japanese doctors contributed development of laparoscopic gastrectomy in Korea. Study group activity of Korean Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (KLASS) group and Collaborative Action for Gastric Cancer (COACT) group were paramount to evoke large scale multicenter clinical study and various well performed clinical studies. This review encompasses mainly international publications about this area so far in Korea.

Keywords: Gastrectomy; History; Laparoscopy; Robotics; Stomach neoplasms.

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Number of articles published as Korean and SCI paper. SCI = Science Citation Index.
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Progress of total impact factors from 1996 to 2011.
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