Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Cancer: 5 years' Experience

Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

“…7 Every LADG procedure was performed by the method as outlined below. 8 The patient was positioned on the operating table in the reverse Trendelenburg position. After creating a CO 2 pneumoperitoneum of 8 mmHg by the open technique, a flexible laparoscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) was introduced through the infraumbilical port, and four other ports were placed in the upper abdomen.…”