Does the Difference of Invasiveness between Totally Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy and Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy Lead to a Difference in Early Surgical Outcomes?
This study suggests that TLDG is as safe and feasible as LADG in gastric cancer. The parameters used routinely in the clinical field to evaluate early surgical outcomes could not reflect the delicate difference in surgical invasiveness between TLDG and LADG.
The imbalance between implanted renal mass and recipient metabolic demands does not seem to influence the functional outcomes and graft survival up to 60 months post-transplantation. Nevertheless, irrespective of recipient weight, graft survival is significantly higher for grafts with volume or weight above the 50 percentile.