Inspection of Safety and Accuracy of D2 Lymph Node Dissection in Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 32; no. 11; pp. 2366 - 2370
• Main Authors: Kawamura, Hideki, Homma, Shigenori, Yokota, Ryoichi, Yokota, Kentaro, Watarai, Hiroshi, Hagiwara, Masaru, Sato, Masanori, Noguchi, Keita, Ueki, Shinya, Kondo, Yukifumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.11.2008; Springer‐Verlag; Springer; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Advanced Gastric Cancer; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Surgery; Cohort Studies; Digestive system. Abdomen; Early Gastric Cancer; Endoscopy; Female; Gastrectomy; Gastric Cancer; General aspects; General Surgery; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Laparoscopy; Lymph Node Excision - adverse effects; Lymph Node Excision - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Open Gastrectomy; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Stomach Neoplasms - pathology; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Superior Mesenteric Vein; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Surgery; Gastric Cancer; Early Gastric Cancer; Advanced Gastric Cancer; Open Gastrectomy; Superior Mesenteric Vein; Toxicity; Lymph node clearance; Inspection; Laparoscopy; Gastrectomy; Medicine; Lymphadenectomy; Accuracy; Treatment; Surgery; Distal; Endoscopy; Safety

Background There is a consensus on the indication of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) for early gastric cancer that needs D1 + α or D1 + β lymph node dissection. However, many gastrointestinal surgeons consider D2 lymph node dissection in LADG to be difficult, therefore, only a few med...