AIM: To evaluate the effect of bursectomy on overall survival, recurrence-free survival and safety of @entity1 with @entity356 by performing a meta-analysis. METHODS: A literature search was performed in PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases for clinical research that compared bursectomy with non-bursectomy published before October 2013. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were established and applied. Overall survival, recurrence-free survival, complications, hospital stay, operative time and @entity190 were compared using hazard ratios (HRs), relative risks and weighted mean differences. Stata 12.0 software was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: Four studies including 1130 @entity1 were available for the analysis (430 in the bursectomy group, 700 in the non-bursectomy group). No statistically significant difference was observed in the rate of complications between the bursectomy group and the non-bursectomy group. Bursectomy did not have a significant effect (combined HR = 1.14, 95%CI: 0.88-1.47) on overall survival, and it was not a significant factor for recurrence-free survival (combined HR = 1.06, 95%CI: 0.82-1.37). CONCLUSION: Gastrectomy with bursectomy is not superior to non-bursectomy in terms of survival. Bursectomy is not recommended as a routine procedure for the surgical treatment of @entity356 .

Effect of gastrectomy with bursectomy on prognosis of XXXX : a meta-analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity190 :: ('MESH:D006473', 'Disease') :: ['blood loss'] @entity356 :: ('MESH:D013274', 'Disease') :: ['gastric cancer']
@entity356 :: (MESH:D013274,Disease) :: ['gastric cancer']
