[Is sentinel lymph node navigation useful for laparoscopic gastrectomy].
The aim of this paper is to assess the usefulness of sentinel lymph node navigation for laparoscopic gastrectomy. The standard lymph node dissection for gastric cancer is a D2 dissection. D2 dissection and sentinel lymph node biopsy can be performed with laparoscopic gastrectomy as well as with open surgery. Sentinel lymph node navigation surgery for gastric cancer has not yet been established, but once a strong consensus is reached we will be able to perform the laparoscopic gastrectomy safely.
Rino
Yasushi
Y
First Dept. of Surgery, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine.
Imada
Toshio
T
Hasuo
Kimiatsu
K
Takahashi
Makoto
M
Yoneyama
Katsuya
K
Onodera
Seigo
S
Yoshikawa
Takaki
T
Shiozawa
Manabu
M
Kabara
Takeshi
T
Yukawa
Hiroo
H
Ohshima
Takashi
T
Kawamoto
Masakazu
M
Takanashi
Yoshinori
Y
D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*