Italo Braghetto, Enrique Lanzarini, Maher Musleh, Luis GutiÉrrez, Juan Carlos Molina, Owen Korn, Manuel Figueroa, Juan Pablo Lasnibat, Omar Orellana
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery has been gradually accepted as an option for the surgical treatment ofgastric cancer. There are still points that are controversial or situations that are eventually associated with intra-operative difficulties or postoperative complications. AIM: To establish the relationship between the difficulties during the execution of total gastrectomy and the occurrence of eventual postoperative complications. METHOD: The operative protocols and postoperative evolution of 74 patients operated for gastriccancer, who were subjected to laparoscopic total gastrectomy (inclusion criteria) were reviewed...
2020: Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery: ABCD