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A Multicenter Study on Oncologic Outcome of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Early Cancer in Japan

2006 • 659 citations

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2002 • 601 citations

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2000 • 380 citations

Prospective randomized study of open versus laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with extraperigastric lymph node dissection for early gastric cancer

2005 • 347 citations

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2005 • 159 citations

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2001 • 157 citations

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2005 • 131 citations

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2001 • 125 citations

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2003 • 115 citations

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1996 • 110 citations

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2003 • 108 citations

Laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer in the elderly

2004 • 81 citations

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2005 • 64 citations

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2004 • 60 citations

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2007 • 56 citations

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2006 • 56 citations

The technique of laparoscopically assisted total gastrectomy with jejunal interposition for early gastric cancer

2001 • 51 citations

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2006 • 51 citations

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1993 • 48 citations

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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