Principles and practice of laparoscopic gastrectomy with gastroduodenostomy (billroth I)

초록

Since Kitano first performed laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) for early gastric cancer in 1991, it has become a popular procedure for gastric cancer resection. However, LDG is a complex, technically demanding procedure, and the learning curve for its use on early gastric cancer is thought to require experiences with more than 40–50 cases. In addition to an experience, a surgeon would require an excellent surgical team, proper equipment, and a good facility to obtain a consistently good result from LDG. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.