Double-Tract Reconstruction Designed to Allow More Food Flow to the Remnant Stomach After Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy.

D, Fujimoto; K, Taniguchi; H, Kobayashi

doi:10.1007/s00268-020-05496-0

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Double-Tract Reconstruction Designed to Allow More Food Flow to the Remnant Stomach After Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy.

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Authors:

Fujimoto D

Taniguchi K

Kobayashi H

Abstract

<h4>Purpose</h4>Laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG) is a function-preserving surgery performed on patients with cancer of the upper third of the stomach. However, if much of the ingested food passes through the jejunum, LPG might function broadly like a total gastrectomy. We devised a jejunogast...

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