Open AccessLaparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy With Gastric Tube Reconstruction
Author(s) -
Y. Ueda,
Norio Shiraishi,
Manabu Toujigamori,
Hidefumi Shiroshita,
Tsuyoshi Etoh,
Masafumi Ito
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the society of laparoendoscopic surgeons
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1938-3797
pISSN - 1086-8089
DOI - 10.4293/jsls.2016.00046
Subject(s) - gastrectomy , tube (container) , medicine , general surgery , cancer , materials science , composite material
There is no standardized method of reconstruction in laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG). We present a novel technique of reconstruction with a long, narrow gastric tube in LPG for early gastric cancer (EGC).