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.
Hiroki HaradaKojiro EtoManabu OhashiNozomi KuriharaMotonari RiRie MakuuchiSatoshi IdaMasaru HayamiKoshi KumagaiTakeshi SanoSouya NunobePublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2024)
IMG is safe regarding ARCs compared with EHG. These results will encourage surgeons to introduce IMG for patients with early middle gastric cancer.