TY  - JOUR
T1  - IS laparoscopic surgery for early gallbladder cancer less invasive or dangerous?—reply
AU  - Cho J, Han H, Yoon Y, Ahn K, Kim Y, Lee K
Y1  - 2010/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.136
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 798
EP  - 799
VL  - 145
IS  - 8
N2  - 
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is currently the treatment of choice for benign gallbladder disease. Nevertheless, if GBC is preoperatively suspected, then open surgery is recommended for performing extended cholecystectomy including lymphadenectomy. Laparoscopic lymphadenectomy is now widely used for treating colon cancer2 and gastric cancer.3 The efficacy of laparoscopic lymphadenectomy for these 2 malignancies has been reported to be adequate in terms of the oncologic aspects. If primary GBC can be radically resected and the lymph node can be adequately dissected under laparoscopy in terms of the oncologic aspects, then the laparoscopic approach could be an alternative treatment for selected patients with early stage GBC.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.136
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.136
ER  -