Abstract:Background
With the popularity of function-preserving gastrectomy(FPG) and minimally invasive surgery, proximal gastrectomy(PG) has been widely used in the upper third gastric cancer. There are many reconstruction methods after PG, but the optimal one is still uncertain. The aim of this study is to compare the short-term and long-term outcomes of double-tract reconstruction(DT) and gastric tube reconstruction(Tube) after proximal gastrectomy.
Methods
This study retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent… Show more
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