Use of endoscopy to determine the resection margin during laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer.

CONCLUSION: Preoperative placement of marking clips and intraoperative endoscopy is helpful in the determination of a safe surgical margin in patients with gastric cancer who undergo laparoscopic gastrectomy.
PMID: 28892131 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - September 11, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Kawakatsu S, Ohashi M, Hiki N, Nunobe S, Nagino M, Sano T Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research