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Published in: Gastric Cancer 6/2018

01-11-2018 | Letter to the Editor

After propensity score matching in long-term oncologic outcomes of robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy

Author: Jong Won Kim

Published in: Gastric Cancer | Issue 6/2018

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I recently read interestingly “Long-term oncologic outcomes of robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy” [1]. The authors compared robotic gastrectomy with laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer, and it is thought that the results are very meaningful because there are many cases and long follow-up period. Although many cases have been included, they have tried to reduce the bias by performing propensity score matching (PSM) considering that this is a retrospective data collection study. However, while reading the paper interestingly, I found some strange points in the data presented in the paper. …
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Title
After propensity score matching in long-term oncologic outcomes of robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy
Author
Jong Won Kim
Publication date
01-11-2018
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Gastric Cancer / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 1436-3291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-3305
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10120-018-0850-x

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