Minimum Esophageal Resection Length to Ensure Negative Proximal Margin in Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

Objective:. To identify the minimum length of esophageal resection to ensure a pathologically negative proximal margin (PM) in total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Background:. In total gastrectomy, a certain esophageal length is resected to obtain a pathologically negative PM because of the possib...

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Published in:	Annals of Surgery Open
Main Authors:	Yasufumi Koterazawa, MD, PhD, Manabu Ohashi, MD, PhD, Satoshi Hayami, MD, PhD, Koshi Kumagai, MD, PhD, Takeshi Sano, MD, PhD, Souya Nunobe, MD, PhD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Health 2022-03-01
Online Access:	http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000127