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Equal short-term outcomes of intracorporeal mechanical gastrogastrostomy in laparoscopic pylorus-preserving gastrectomy for cT1N0 gastric cancer in the middle stomach compared with the extracorporeal hand-sewing method
Intracorporeal mechanical gastrogastrostomy (IMG) techniques have recently been developed and their short-term safety was presented in their initial evaluation. However, whether they are comparable to extracor...
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Impact of preoperative prealbumin levels on long-term prognosis in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy: a retrospective cohort study
The relationship between preoperative prealbumin levels and long-term prognoses in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy has not been fully investigated. This study clarified the effect of preoperativ...
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Relationship between antithrombotic drugs and postoperative outcomes in patients with gastric cancer after gastrectomy: a propensity matching analysis
As there is no consensus on the impact of antithrombotic drugs on post-gastrectomy outcomes in gastric cancer patients, this study aimed to investigate the impact of antithrombotic drugs on postoperative outco...
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Oncological impact of unexpected horizontal tumor spread in gastric cancer that requires total gastrectomy
Gastric cancer often exhibits discrepancies between the gross and pathological tumor boundaries, and the degree of discrepancy may be a tumor characteristic. However, whether these discrepancies influence onco...
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Anatomical Position of the Pancreas as a Risk Factor for Pancreatic Fistula after Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Laparoscopic gastrectomy is more frequently associated with postoperative pancreatic fistula than is open gastrectomy. We assumed that compression of the pancreas with various devices to obtain a proper operat...
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Open AccessPerioperative TAS-118 plus oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer: APOLLO-11 study
We investigated the feasibility of perioperative chemotherapy with S-1 and leucovorin (TAS-118) plus oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer.
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Required esophageal resection length beyond the tumor boundary to ensure a negative proximal margin for gastric cancer with gross esophageal invasion or esophagogastric junction cancer
To obtain a pathologically negative proximal margin (PM) for gastric cancer with gross esophageal invasion (EI) or esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancer, we should transect the esophagus beyond the proximal bo...
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A sandwiching method that simplifies hepatic left lateral segment inversion to secure an optimal surgical view around the esophageal hiatus in laparoscopic and robotic gastrectomy for upper gastric and esophagogastric junction cancers
In laparoscopic surgery for upper gastric and esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancer, it is important to achieve optimal exposure of the esophageal hiatus to secure an appropriate workspace. In recent years, he...
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Clinical outcomes of palliative treatment for gastric bleeding from incurable gastric cancer
Deciding palliative treatment for gastric bleeding from incurable gastric cancer (IGC) is worrying considering different patient situations and the lack of comprehensive assessment of palliative treatment. We ...
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Evaluating the efficacy of post-operative chemotherapy after curative resection of stage IV gastric cancer with synchronous oligo metastasis: a multicenter retrospective study
Surgical resection of oligo-metastasis in gastric cancer (GC) is weakly recommended for patients without other incurable factors in the Japanese GC Treatment Guidelines. While post-operative chemotherapy is th...
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Recording of Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging
Recording and storage of surgical images and videos are important issues that need to be addressed as fluorescence-guided surgery becomes more widespread. For example, when fluorescence cholangiography is used...
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A continuous muscle-sparing advantage of pylorus-preserving gastrectomy for older patients with cT1N0M0 gastric cancer in the middle third of the stomach
In older patients with cT1N0M0 gastric cancer in the middle third of the stomach, LPPG has advantages over LDGB1 in maintaining skeletal muscle mass.
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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
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 f...
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C-reactive protein to prealbumin ratio: a useful inflammatory and nutritional index for predicting prognosis after curative resection in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients
Although C-reactive protein to prealbumin ratio (CPR) can predict the outcomes of several types of cancer surgeries, little is known about the implication of CPR in patients undergoing esophagectomy for esopha...
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Open AccessSuccessful open radical gastrectomy for locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer patients who suffered from coronavirus disease 2019 during preoperative chemotherapy: a report of three cases
According to previous reports, in patients with preoperative coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, mortality is increased if they undergo surgery within 6 weeks of diagnosis. However, the optimal timi...
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Increased Rate of Serum Prealbumin Level after Preoperative Enteral Nutrition as an Indicator of Morbidity in Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer with Outlet Obstruction
Preoperative malnutrition is believed to contribute to increased postoperative complications. Preoperative serum prealbumin level was reported to be a predictor of nutritional status and postoperative complica...
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Risk factors and oncological impact of positive resection margins in gastrectomy for cancer: are they salvaged by an additional resection?
The situation of positive resection margins (PRMs) varies notably between Western and Asian countries. In the West, PRMs are associated with advanced disease and R1, whereas in Asia, PRMs are also considered i...
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Favorable Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Limited Para-Aortic Lymph Node Dissection for Advanced Gastric Cancer with Para-aortic Lymph Node Metastasis
Although para-aortic lymph node (PALN) metastasis from gastric cancer is a non-curative lesion, gastrectomy with complete PALN dissection (PAND) following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a tentative standard...
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Short- and long-term oncological outcomes of totally laparoscopic gastrectomy versus laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for clinical stage I gastric cancer
Totally laparoscopic gastrectomy (TLG), which involves a complete intracorporeal gastric transection and the creation of an anastomosis, has been gradually adopted. However, a potential limitation of intracorp...
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Features of the complications for intracorporeal Billroth-I and Roux-en-Y reconstruction after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Recently, the Roux-en-Y procedure (R-Y) and delta-shaped Billroth-I anastomosis (DB-I) have become prevalent as intracorporeal gastroenteric anastomosis methods after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) for ...
