A national survey on the current status of minimally invasive gastric practice on behalf of GIRCG.

Abstract

Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer (GIRCG), during the 2013 annual Consensus Conference to gastric cancer, stated that laparoscopic or robotic approach should be limited only to early gastric cancer (EGC) and no further guidelines were currently available. However, accumulated evidences, mainly from eastern experiences, have supported the application of minimally invasive surgery also for locally advanced gastric cancer (AGC). The aim of our study is to give a snapshot of current surgical propensity of expert Italian upper gastrointestinal surgeons in performing minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of gastric cancer in order to answer to the question if clinical practice overcome the recommendation. Experts in the field among the Italian Research Group for Gastric Cancer (GIRCG) were invited to join a web 30-item survey through a formal e-mail from January 1st, 2020, to June 31st, 2020. Responses were collected from 46 participants out of 100 upper gastrointestinal surgeons. Percentage of surgeons choosing a minimally invasive approach to treat early and advanced gastric cancer was similar. Additionally analyzing data from the centers involved, we obtained that the percentage of minimally invasive total and partial gastrectomies in advanced cases augmented with the increase of surgical procedures performed per year (p = 0.02 and p = 0.04 respectively). It is reasonable to assume that there is a widening of indications given by the current national guideline into clinical practice. Propensity of expert Italian upper gastrointestinal surgeons was to perform minimally invasive surgery not only for early but also for advanced gastric cancer. Of interest volume activity correlated with the propensity of surgeons to select a minimally invasive approach.

• Authors: Marco Milone, Anna D'Amore, Sergio Alfieri, Maria Raffaella Ambrosio, Jacopo Andreuccetti, Luca Ansaloni, Adelmo Antonucci, Marco Arganini, Gianluca Baiocchi, Mirko Barone, Lapo Bencini, Maria Bencivenga, Luigi Boccia, Luigi Boni, Marco Braga, Fabio Cianchi, Chiara Cipollari, Alessandro Contine, Christian Cotsoglou, Simone D'Imporzano, Giovanni De Manzoni, Stefano De Pascale, Nicola De Ruvo, Maurizio Degiuli, Annibale Donini, Ugo Elmore, Giorgio Ercolani, Giovanni Ferrari, Romario Uberto Fumagalli, Gianluca Garulli, Roberta Gelmini, Luigina Graziosi, Monica Gualtierotti, Alfredo Guglielmi, Marco Inama, Federica Maffeis, Francesco Maione, Michele Manigrasso, Federico Marchesi, Daniele Marrelli, Andrea Massobrio, Gianluigi Moretto, Aballah Moukachar, Giuseppe Navarra, Giuseppe Nigri, Stefano Olmi, Raffaele Palaia, Davide Papis, Paolo Parise, Corrado Pedrazzani, Roberto Petri, Giusto Pignata, Michele Pisano, Stefano Rausei, Rossella Reddavid, Giuseppe Rocco, Fausto Rosa, Riccardo Rosati, Luca Rossit, Matteo Rottoli, Franco Roviello, Stefano Santi, Stefano Scabini, Stefano Scaringi, Leonardo Solaini, Fabio Staderini, Lucio Taglietti, Beatrice Torre, Paolo Ubiali, Matteo Uccelli, Fabio Uggeri, Sara Vertaldi, Jacopo Viganò, Giovanni Domenico De Palma, Simone Giacopuzzi
• Journal: Updates in surgery (Updates Surg) Vol. 75 Issue 4 Pg. 931-940 (Jun 2023) ISSN: 2038-3312 [Electronic] Italy
• PMID: 36571661 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2022. Italian Society of Surgery (SIC).

Topics

• Humans
• Stomach Neoplasms (surgery)
• Gastrectomy (methods)
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures (methods)
• Robotic Surgical Procedures (methods)
• Laparoscopy (methods)