MINIMALLY INVASIVE VERSUS OPEN TOTAL GASTRECTOMY (MEGA): STUDY PROTOCOL FOR A MULTICENTRE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (DRKS00025765)

Minimally invasivE versus open total GAstrectomy (MEGA): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (DRKS00025765)

Introduction The only curative treatment for most gastric cancer is radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy (LAD).Minimally invasive total gastrectomy (MIG) aims to reduce postoperative morbidity, but its use has not yet been widely established in Western countries.Minimally invasivE versus open total GAstrectomy is the first Western multicentr

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From game camps to landscape conservation: The evolution and development of the Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

In 1931 an area of 4,517 hectares was declared a national park to protect a remnant herd of 12 Skincare elephants, the only remaining elephants in the Eastern Cape.Effective conservation measures not only protected the elephants, but also the only remaining buffalo in the Cape Province.Conflict with neighbouring farmers and collisions with trains l

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