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Spleen-saving D2 gastrectomy showed no significant difference in early postoperative mortality with significant increase in DFS and OS compared with D1 gastrectomy (78.7% and 82% versus 61.5% and 64.6%). D2 gastrectomy had a lower recurrence and cancer-specific mortality rates than D1 gastrectomy but it had higher postoperative mortality and morbidity rates that resulted in no overall survival benefit of D2 compared with D1 gastrectomy. Spleen-saving D2 gastrectomy can be done safely in selected patients by expert surgeons without in