Application status of laparoscopic gastrectomy in the treatment of gastric cancer

Nowadays,laparoscopy has already been widely applied to the diagnosis and treatment of kinds of diseases,improving the outcome of the patients with its less invasive advantages.In the treatment of gastric cancer,doctors always choose different methods of laparoscopic gastrectomy(LG) according to the tumor's location and its invasion and metastasis.But LG hasn't got widely application in the treatment of gastric cancer,which is meanly attributed to the exist of some Technical problems,failing to control the complications very well and the lack of evidence of long-term oncological outcomes.But with the development of new technology and the accumulation of the surgeons' experience,these problems might be conquered to a certain extent.In this review,the author will summary the application status of LG in the treatment of gastric cancer. Key words: Gastrectomy, laparoscopic ;  Stomach neoplasms;  Postoperative complication ;  Treatment outcome