Open AccessSegmental gastrectomy with radical lymph node dissection for early gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Takeru Matsuda,
Kunihiko Kaneda,
Manabu Takamatsu,
Keishi Aishin,
Midori Awazu,
Akiko Okamoto,
Katsunori Kawaguchi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i41.5247
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , gastrectomy , lymph node , reflux esophagitis , cancer , surgery , gastroenterology , incidence (geometry) , reflux , disease , physics , optics
To describe a new surgical technique and evaluate the early results of segmental gastrectomy (SG) with modified D2 lymph node (LN) dissection for early gastric cancer (EGC).