How do we prevent severe intra-abdominal infectious complications following minimally invasive gastrectomy for cancer? The usefulness of a novel marker using computed tomography images (minimum umbilicus-vertebra diameter) and robotic surgery.
Naoshi KuboKatsunobu SakuraiTsuyoshi HasegawaJunya NishimuraYasuhito IsekiTakafumi NishiiSadatoshi ShimizuToru InoueYukio NishiguchiKiyoshi MaedaPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2023)
The MUVD was a novel and easy-measuring predictor of severe IAICs following MIG. Robotic surgery should be considered first in patients with gastric cancer having an MUVD value of 84 mm or higher from the perspective of severe IAIC occurrence.