Technique of vagus-nerve sparing laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 103-106

  Kojima, Kazuyuki ^a   Yamashita, Toshiki ^a   Inokuchi, Mikito ^a   Sugihara, Kenichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Laparoscopic surgery; Lymph node dissection; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036380368     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1443-1661.2002.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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