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Lee AY, Kim YJ, Cho S, Lee TH, Seo JY, Kim SH, Cho JY. Endoscopic resection and laparoscopic lymph node dissection for early gastric cancer beyond conventional endoscopic treatment indications: a 10-year outcome study. Surg Endosc 2024; 38:2533-2541. [PMID: 38472530 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-024-10761-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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BACKGROUND Endoscopic full-thickness gastric resection (EFTGR) with laparoscopic regional lymph node dissection (LLND) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) with LLND have been investigated as treatment options for early gastric cancer beyond the absolute indications for ESD. However, comparative studies on the long-term outcomes of these procedures are lacking. This study aimed to analyze and compare the 10-year outcomes of both procedures in a real clinical setting. METHODS Between January 2009 and December 2013, 28 and 37 patients diagnosed with EGC beyond the absolute indications for ESD were treated with EFTGR with LLND and ESD with LLND, respectively. In both procedures, the dye was injected into the tumor. However, after injection and LLND, EFTGR was performed immediately in the EFTGR with LLND group, whereas LLND was followed by ESD in the ESD with LLND group. The primary endpoint was the 10-year survival rate. RESULTS The EFTGR with LLND group had one case of local recurrence (3.6%) and mortality (3.6%) each, while the ESD with LLND group had none (0.0% for both); however, the differences were not statistically significant (P = 0.247 for each). Furthermore, there was no significant difference in complications such as ischemia and anastomosis leakage between the groups (P = 0.247). CONCLUSIONS When the procedures were properly applied, EFTGR with LLND and ESD with LLND did not increase the 10-year mortality in patients with EGC beyond the absolute ESD indications compared with conventional radical gastrectomy.
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- Ah Young Lee
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cha Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, Cha University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center, Hplus Yangji Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cha Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, Cha University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cha Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, Cha University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cha Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, Cha University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Lee AY, Kim MC, Cho S, Yoo IK, Kim YM, Lee TH, Seo JY, Kim SH, Cho JY. Da Vinci robot-assisted endoscopic full-thickness gastric resection with regional lymph node dissection using a 3D near-infrared video system: a single-center 5-year clinical outcome. Surg Endosc 2024; 38:2124-2133. [PMID: 38443502 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-024-10722-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND Endoscopic full-thickness gastric resection (EFTGR) with regional lymph node dissection (LND) has been used for early gastric cancer (EGC) exceeding the indications for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). The extent of the dissected lymph nodes is crucial. A 3D near-infrared (NIR) video robot system significantly enhances visualization of the lymphatic system. However, this system has not been used in EFTGR with LND. Thus, this study assessed the benefits of the 3D NIR video robot system in a clinical setting. METHODS Between February 2015 and September 2018, 24 patients with EGC exceeding the indications for ESD were treated with EFTGR and LND using a 3D NIR video system with the da Vinci surgical robot. Indocyanine green (ICG) was injected endoscopically around the tumor, and basin node (BN) dissection around the nodes was examined using the 3D NIR video system of the da Vinci Si surgical robot. Subsequently, robot-assisted EFTGR was performed. The primary outcome was the 5-year survival rate. RESULT During a 5-year follow-up of all 24 patients, an 80-year-old patient with an ulcer and T2 invasion was lost to follow-up. Among the remaining 23 patients, no mortality or recurrence was observed. CONCLUSION No metastasis or mortality occurred using the da Vinci robot-assisted EFTGR with LLND and a 3D NIR video system for patients who required radical gastrectomy for EGC in over 5 years. Hence, this may be a safe and effective method for radical gastrectomy; further studies are required confirming its effectiveness.
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- Ah Young Lee
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Digestive Disease Center, CHA Bundang Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, Bundang, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute for Digestive Research, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, College of Medicine, CHA University, 566, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Vanella S, Godas M, Pereira JC, Pereira A, Apicella I, Crafa F. Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for full-thickness resection and sentinel node dissection for early gastric cancer. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2022; 14:508-511. [PMID: 36158631 PMCID: PMC9453308 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v14.i8.508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique has become the gold standard for submucosal tumors that have negligible risk of lymph node metastasis (LNM), due to its minimal invasiveness and ability to improve quality of life. However, this technique is limited in stage T1 cancers that have a low risk of LNM. Endoscopic full thickness resection can be achieved with laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS), which combines laparoscopic gastric wall resection and ESD. In LECS, the surgical margins from the tumor are clearly achieved while performing organ-preserving surgery. To overcome the limitation of classical LECS, namely the opening of the gastric wall during the procedure, which increases the risk of peritoneal tumor seeding, non-exposed endoscopic wall-inversion surgery was developed. With this full-thickness resection technique, contact between the intra-abdominal space and the intragastric space was eliminated.
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- Serafino Vanella
- Department of General and Oncology Surgery, St. Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino 83100, Italy
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- Department of General and Oncology Surgery, St. Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino 83100, Italy
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- Department of General and Oncology Surgery, St. Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino 83100, Italy
- Department of General Surgery, Hospital de Braga, Braga 4710-243, Portugal
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- Department of General and Oncology Surgery, St. Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino 83100, Italy
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- Department of General and Oncology Surgery, St. Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino 83100, Italy
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Onimaru M, Inoue H, Ikeda H, Abad MRA, Quarta Colosso BM, Shimamura Y, Sumi K, Deguchi Y, Ito H, Yokoyama N. Combination of laparoscopic and endoscopic approaches for neoplasia with non-exposure technique (CLEAN-NET) for gastric submucosal tumors: updated advantages and limitations. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2019; 7:582. [PMID: 31807563 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2019.09.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) for gastric submucosal tumors (SMTs) has been developed under the concept of resecting gastric tumors with both complete curability and preserving organ functions. Precise resection is obtained by classical LECS, however, concerns regarding intraoperative bacterial infection and dissemination of the tumor cells into the abdominal cavity by LECS with exposure technique still remain. To prevent these concerns, several LECS-related procedures with non-exposure techniques, such as combination of laparoscopic and endoscopic approaches for neoplasia with non-exposure technique (CLEAN-NET) and non-exposed endoscopic wall-inversion surgery (NEWS), have been reported to be safe and feasible. Classical LECS, CLEAN-NET, and NEWS have the same concept, however, each has its own different characteristic procedures; exposure or non-exposure technique, inversion of the tumor into or outer the lumen, retrieval of tumor per oral or through the abdominal cavity, and dominance in the role of the endoscopist or the laparoscopic surgeon. Familiarization with these procedure details is important to understand their indications, advantages and limitations, resulting in providing a tailored minimally invasive surgery for patients. The main scope of this review article is to introduce readers to the clinical application, procedure, and results of CLEAN-NET, both from previous literatures and from our experience, as well as to offer a closer look at its advantages and limitations while comparing with other LECS procedures from the viewpoint of introducing CLEAN-NET first.
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- Manabu Onimaru
- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiki N, Nunobe S. Laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) for the gastrointestinal tract: Updated indications. Ann Gastroenterol Surg 2019; 3:239-246. [PMID: 31131352 PMCID: PMC6524076 DOI: 10.1002/ags3.12238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) is a procedure combining laparoscopic gastric resection with endoscopic submucosal dissection for local resection of gastric tumors with appropriate, minimal surgical resection margins. The LECS concept was initially developed from the classical LECS procedure for gastric submucosal tumor resection. Many researchers reported that classical LECS was a safe and feasible technique for resection of gastric submucosal tumors, regardless of tumor location, including the esophagogastric junction. Recently, LECS was approved for insurance coverage by Japan's National Health Insurance plan and widely applied for gastric submucosal tumor resection. However, the limitations of classical LECS are the risk of abdominal infection, scattering of tumor cells in the abdominal cavity, and tumor cell seeding in the peritoneum. The development of modified LECS procedures, such as inverted-LECS, non-exposed endoscopic wall-inversion surgery, a combination of laparoscopic and endoscopic approaches to neoplasia with a non-exposure technique, and closed-LECS, has almost resolved these drawbacks. This has led to a recent increase in the indication of modified LECS to include patients with gastric epithelial neoplasms. The LECS concept is also beginning to be applied to tumor excision in other organs, such as the duodenum, colon and rectum. Further evolution of LECS procedures is expected in the future. Sentinel lymph node mapping could also be combined with LECS, resulting in a portion of early gastric cancers being treated by LECS with sentinel node mapping.
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- Naoki Hiki
- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Kitasato University School of MedicineSagamiharaKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Gastroenterological SurgeryCancer Institute Ariake HospitalJapanese Foundation for Cancer ResearchTokyoJapan
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Virgilio E, Balducci G, Mercantini P, Giarnieri E, Giovagnoli MR, Montagnini M, Proietti A, D'Urso R, Cavallini M. Preoperative gastric lavage in gastric cancer patients undergoing surgical, endoscopic or minimally invasive treatment: An oncological measure preventing peritoneal spillage of intragastric cancer cells and development of related metastases. Med Hypotheses 2018; 114:30-34. [PMID: 29602460 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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In addition to classical metastatic pathways, recently gastric cancer was described having an alternative route called "endoluminal exfoliation". Provisional analyses demonstrated, in fact, this kind of shedding is associated with several clinico-pathological features indicative of aggressive behavior and resulted to be an independent prognostic factor entailing poor prognosis. Compared with non-sowing counterparts, in fact, patients affected with exfoliating early and advanced gastric carcinomas met with shorter overall survival, disease free survival, progression free survival and time to tumor progression. In spite of these interesting results, however, the clinico-pathological and oncological significance of this unconventional metastatic route is still to be clarified. Such an investigation is further urged by the increasing widespread employment of minimally invasive treatments for gastric cancer which include a wide spectrum of intragastric interventions and maneuvers. Indeed, endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, endoscopic full-thickness resection, intragastric laparoscopic surgery and hybrid procedures all take place inside of the stomach. However, iatrogenic perforations can occur during execution of these treatments leading to spillage of malignant cells from gastric to the peritoneal cavity or trocar insertion sites. Furthermore, many other gastric conditions and interventions can collide with endogastric presence of floating cancer cells: spontaneous ulceration or perforation, laparotomy surgery, gastrointestinal occlusion, diverticula. Viability, migration and intraluminal transportability of the intragastric floating cancer cells represents another original and intriguing topic. All these considerations led us to entertain the hypothesis that removing the exfoliated cancer cells from the gastric lumen could save patients from the dreaded potential risk of spillage. Performing gastric lavage before starting any kind of tumor intervention could be the most appropriate procedure to adopt with prophylactic intent. Should our speculation prove to be clinically significant, preoperative gastric lavage should be pointed out as a simple but cogent method useful for preventing oncological mishaps such as spillage of gastric cancer cells and development of related recurrences or metastases.
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- Edoardo Virgilio
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy.
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Department of Emergency Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Department of Emergency Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University "Sapienza", St. Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035-39, Rome 00189, Italy
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Kim SH, Hong SJ. [Treatment Strategies after Non-curative Endoscopic Resection of Early Gastric Cancer]. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY 2017; 70:128-133. [PMID: 28934828 DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2017.70.3.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The cases of non-curative endoscopic resection (NCR) of early gastric cancer have increased due to the widespread use of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). NCR is associated with augmenting chances of local recurrence and lymph node metastasis (LNM). Therefore, some additional treatment strategies after NCR are needed. Treatment strategies for NCR should be determined by considering the risk of residual tumor or local recurrence and LNM. Additional surgical treatment such as gastrectomy and lymph node dissection are recommended in patients who have high-risk of LNM. Close observation without additional treatment is considered for selected patients with a less possibility of local recurrence or LNM. Also it may be suggested if there is no or less benefit from surgery in elderly patients or patients with underlying diseases. Additional endoscopic procedures including ESD, endoscopic mucosal resection or argon coagulation therapy are suggested alternatively for highly selected patients not at risk of LNM based on the absolute or expanded criteria of ESD.
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- Shin Hee Kim
- Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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- Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea
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Matsuda T, Nunobe S, Ohashi M, Hiki N. Laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) for the upper gastrointestinal tract. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017; 2:40. [PMID: 28616596 DOI: 10.21037/tgh.2017.03.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
We developed the laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) technique, which combines endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and laparoscopic gastric resection to resect gastric submucosal tumors (SMTs). Many researchers have reported LECS to be a feasible technique for gastric submucosal tumor resection regardless of tumor location, including the esophagogastric junction (EGJ). Recently, the Japanese National Health Insurance system approved LECS for insurance coverage, and it is now widely applied for gastric submucosal tumor resection. Initially, we applied LECS to gastric SMTs without ulcerative lesions due to concern about the possibility of tumor cells seeding into the peritoneal cavity, in a procedure termed "classical LECS". To expand the indication of LECS for gastric epithelial neoplasms, modified LECS procedures such as inverted LECS, non-exposed endoscopic wall-inversion surgery (NEWS), combination of laparoscopic and endoscopic approaches to neoplasia with non-exposure technique (CLEAN-NET), and closed laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (closed-LECS) have been developed and applied to patients with gastric epithelial neoplasms. As a future perspective of LECS, we plan to combine the modified LECS procedure and sentinel node (SN) navigation surgery (SNNS) for clinical (c)Stage IA gastric cancer resection. This strategy could be a minimally invasive surgical technique for cStage IA early gastric cancer.
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- Tatsuo Matsuda
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Ariake Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Ariake Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Ariake Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Ariake Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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