Guidance
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer.
Description
Cancer of the stomach can be treated by partial or total removal of the stomach (gastrectomy) to take out the tumour and any affected lymph nodes. Gastrectomy was traditionally carried out by open surgery. In this procedure, the gastrectomy is performed using keyhole surgery, the cancer is then removed in exactly the same way as open surgery.
Coding and clinical classification codes for this guidance.