“…Compared with open surgery, where costs range from US$2,892 to US$30,309 (2012) depending on the extent of lymphadenectomy and type of reconstruction method [17][18][19][20][21][22], the costs of minimally invasive surgery appear to be favorable, from US$2,091 (2012) [23] for an endoscopic mucosal resection, to upwards of US$5,895 to US$10,279 (2012) [17,19,21,22] [17,19,22]. Further economic evidence is required to understand how surgical innovation impacts the costs and resource use of treating gastric cancer.…”