J Gastric Cancer.  2012 Mar;12(1):13-17.

History of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gastric Cancer in Korea

• Kim YW
• Yoon HM
• Eom BW
• Park JY

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.

Keyword

Stomach neoplasms; Laparoscopy; Gastrectomy; Robotics; History

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Gastrectomy
Humans
Incidence
Korea
Laparoscopy
Mass Screening
Robotics
Stomach Neoplasms

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  Fig. 1 Number of articles published as Korean and SCI paper. SCI = Science Citation Index.

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  Fig. 2 Progress of total impact factors from 1996 to 2011.

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