Does laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric submucosal tumors preserve residual gastric motility? Results of a retrospective single-center study.

Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) is a minimally invasive surgical technique used to resect gastric submucosal tumors with intraluminal growth. Endoscopic submucosal dissection is used to determine the appropriate resection line from within the stomach lumen as it minimizes the...

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Main Authors: Yohei Waseda, Hisashi Doyama, Noriyuki Inaki, Hiroyoshi Nakanishi, Naohiro Yoshida, Shigetsugu Tsuji, Kenichi Takemura, Shinya Yamada, Toshihide Okada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4072788?pdf=render