Standardized procedure for preventing late intestinal complications following minimally invasive total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a single-center retrospective cohort study.

Late complications after laparoscopic total gastrectomy sometimes occurred, and more than half of the patients with intestinal complications required reoperation. Our standardized procedure was associated with a lower risk of late intestinal complications after minimally invasive total gastrectomy followed by intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy using linear staplers in a cohort of patients with gastric cancer.