(1) Department of General Surgical Science (Surgery I), Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showamachi, Maebashi Gunma, 371-8511, Japan
Abstract:
Background
In this report, laparoscopy-assisted proximal gastrectomy (LAPG) and gastric tube reconstruction using a mini-loop retractor (MLR) is described for the treatment of early gastric cancer.