Minimum resection length to ensure a pathologically negative distal margin and the preservation of a larger remnant stomach in proximal gastrectomy for early upper gastric cancer

• Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 973 - 981
• Main Authors: Koterazawa, Yasufumi, Ohashi, Manabu, Hayami, Masaru, Makuuchi, Rie, Ida, Satoshi, Kumagai, Koshi, Sano, Takeshi, Nunobe, Souya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.09.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Cancer Research; Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal surgery; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Original Article; Patients; Surgical Oncology; Tumors; Distal margin; Proximal gastrectomy; Early upper gastric cancer

Background In proximal gastrectomy (PG), a longer distal margin (DM) length should be maintained to obtain a pathologically negative DM. However, a shorter DM length is preferred to preserve a large remnant stomach for favorable postoperative outcomes. Evidence regarding the minimum DM length to ens...