Retrospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2017; 23(48): 8553-8561
Published online Dec 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i48.8553
Comparison of totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy using an endoscopic linear stapler with laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy using a circular stapler in patients with gastric cancer: A single-center experience
Chung Sik Gong, Byung Sik Kim, Hee Sung Kim
Chung Sik Gong, Byung Sik Kim, Hee Sung Kim, Department of Gastric Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, South Korea
Author contributions: Gong CS, Kim BS and Kim HS conceived and designed the study and performed the literature search; Kim HS reviewed the data; Gong CS drafted the article; All the authors were involved in the critical revision and final approval of the article.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Asan Medical Center.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used clinical data that were obtained retrospectively after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relation-ships to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Hee Sung Kim, PhD, Department of Gastric Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, South Korea. vangogh420@amc.seoul.kr
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Received: October 6, 2017
Peer-review started: October 7, 2017
First decision: October 25, 2017
Revised: November 14, 2017
Accepted: November 27, 2017
Article in press: November 27, 2017
Published online: December 28, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: There are many studies that compared totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy (TLTG) with laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy (LATG). Moreover, various modified methods of intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy have been presented, but standardized methods have not been established. Our results show that TLTG by esophagojejunostomy intracorporeal anastomosis using linear stapler is an easier and more straightforward procedure compared with LATG by extracorporeal anastomosis using circular stapler.