Shingo Kanaji, Satoshi Suzuki, Masashi Yamamoto, Kohei Tanigawa, Hitoshi Harada, Naoki Urakawa, Ryuichiro Sawada, Hironobu Goto, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kimihiro Yamashita, Takeru Matsuda, Taro Oshikiri, Yoshihiro Kakeji
PURPOSE: Despite the increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction, laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with lower esophagectomy (PGLE) is not widely accepted owing to the lack of standardized reconstruction techniques. In this study, we developed a new reconstruction method named y-shaped overlap esophagogastric tube reconstruction, which reproduces an angle of His and a pseudo-fornix, to be used in laparoscopic transhiatal PGLE. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of this novel reconstruction method...
April 29, 2022: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery