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. 1999 Dec;2(4):230-234.
doi: 10.1007/s101200050069.

Laparoscopic total gastrectomy with distal pancreatosplenectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy for advanced gastric cancer

Ichiro Uyama  1 , Atsushi Sugioka, Junko Fujita, Yoshiyuki Komori, Hideo Matsui, Akitake Hasumi
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Laparoscopic total gastrectomy with distal pancreatosplenectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy for advanced gastric cancer

Ichiro Uyama et al. Gastric Cancer. 1999 Dec.

Abstract

The standard lymph node dissection for advanced gastric cancer is a D2 dissection. Although D2 laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy with distal pancreatosplenectomy has been reported, no studies have reported a completely intra-abdominal laparoscopic approach, because of the technical difficulty of the procedure. We successfully performed this novel procedure in two patients with advanced gastric cancer located in the upper portion of the stomach. In fact, this surgery is technically feasible, and has a potential curability comparable with that of open surgery.

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