Laparoscopic and Robotic Procedures Combined Surgery (LARCS): A Novel Approach to Trainee Participation in Robotic Gastrectomy.
BACKGROUND Robotic gastrectomy (RG) for gastric cancer reduces morbidity and achieves long-term outcomes comparable to laparoscopy. However, RG is typically a solo-surgeon procedure performed by expert console surgeons, limiting trainees' operative experience. To address this issue, we developed Laparoscopic and Roboti...