Current status of proximal gastrectomy for gastric and esophagogastric junctional cancer: A review

Abstract Proximal gastrectomy (PG) is one of the function‐preserving surgical methods for the treatment of upper gastric cancer. Favorable postoperative results have been reported in comparison with total gastrectomy. However, because there are challenges, such as postoperative reflux esophagitis, a...

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Main Authors: Souya Nunobe, Satoshi Ida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-09-01
Series:Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12365