title: Total gastrectomy.
abstract: Total gastrectomy with lymph node dissection is one of the standard operations for gastric malignancies without distant metastases. Surgical procedures of total gastrectomy are described with illustrations easy to understand anatomy. Practical application and survival of patients are also shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakeji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D015996:Survival Rate