Short-term and long-term comparisons of laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy with esophagogastrostomy by the double-flap technique and laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy for proximal gastric cancer.
Tomoko TsumuraShinji KurodaMasahiko NishizakiSatoru KikuchiYoshihiko KakiuchiNobuo TakataAtene ItoMegumi WatanabeKazuya KuwadaShunsuke KagawaToshiyoshi FujiwaraPublished in: PloS one (2020)
LAPG with DFT was superior to LATG in postoperative nutritional maintenance, and can be the first option for early proximal gastric cancer.