胃癌微创治疗之路

外科手术是目前唯一可能治愈胃癌的手段，但传统的开腹手术通常伴随较高的并发症率和死亡率，还会对患者术后的生活质量产生较大影响。而微创外科技术由于可有效减少手术创伤，加快术后恢复，因此对于医生和患者均具有很大的吸引力，今后或将替代传统的开腹手术。目前，胃癌微创外科技术主要向着两个不同的方向发展，即内镜下肿瘤切除和腹腔镜手术。不久的将来，前哨淋巴结导航技术和机器人手术也将为胃癌治疗提供更多选择。随着各种微创技术的不断发展，胃癌患者术后的生活质量将显著改善。目前，许多有关各种微创技术的高水平临床研究正在进行当中，胃癌微创外科必将在世界范围内广为接受，并快速发展。 

Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer

Surgical resection is the only potentially curative therapeutic method for patients with gastric cancer. However, conventional laparotomy is sometimes associated with considerable complications and mortality rate. This procedure also affects patient quality of life after surgery. Minimally invasive techniques can potentially provide an attractive alternative to current surgical procedures in terms of reducing surgical injury and accelerating postoperative recovery. Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer has recently been reasonably applied to two distinct forms of intervention: endoscopic resection of the tumor and laparoscopic surgery. In the near future, sentinel node navigation and robot surgery will provide more options for treating gastric cancer. Such developments will improve the quality of life of patients following surgery for gastric cancer. Various well-designed clinical trials of the minimally invasive techniques are available. Thus, the mode of surgery for gastric carcinoma will be widely accepted and rapidly developed worldwide.