“…It makes it possible to prevent stenosis by splinting the gastric lumen from inside. Additionally, it is probably the best method available for tumor localization in a minimally invasive setting [2, 3, 13, 18, 27–30]; once again this fact could be proved in our series, as only 23% of all lesions were identifiable by laparoscopic examination, but almost 99% of the tumors were exactly localized by intraoperative endoscopy. A further advantage of intraoperative endoscopy is the assistance it provides during resection, allowing the laparoscopist to decide upon the best technique to be applied, to simultaneously verify a complete excision of the tumor, and to check for a leak‐proof suture line.…”