Fig. 23.1 Trocar placement and a mini-laparotomy site for laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy. Five trocars are placed in the abdominal wall. The trocar site on the left rectus muscle is extended…

Fig. 12.1 Abdominal trocar placement Abdominal Dissection The gastrohepatic ligament is divided. The dissection is continued to the right crus up toward the phrenoesophageal ligament and across the diaphragm to…

Fig. 15.1 Operating table side support is fixed to the table side rails. (A) Center knob to adjust the arm. (B) Side knob to pull out the inner rod and…

Fig. 8.1 This is a case of a 93-year-old female who was referred to our hospital for the treatment of a gastric tumor that by biopsy was group 3. Conventional…

Fig. 13.1 Patient positioning A bean bag and an overlying gel pad are prepositioned on the operating table. The patient is positioned on the operating table so that the anterior…

Fig. 20.1 Privette’s anatomic classification of gastric lesions and the distinct surgical approach to them Fig. 20.2 Therapeutic strategy for suspected gastric GISTs (From Sasaki et al. [9], with permission)…

(1) Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA (2) Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA  …

Fig. 21.1 Ports placement. Three 12-mm trocars are used for ports Detailed Procedure: Intracorporeal Delta-Shaped Anastomosis (Video 21.1) Due to advances in technology and surgical techniques, the use of extracorporeal…

Year Authors Journal Number of cases Particularities 1995 Ohashi [1] Surgical Endoscopy 8 cases 6 early gastric cancer, 1 submucosal leiomyoma, 1 giant polyp 2000 Hiki et al. [2] Der…

Fig. 11.1 Laparoscopic port placement. The 10 mm port in the right paramedian position is placed first via a direct cutdown technique. The left paramedian port may be converted from…