title: [Is sentinel lymph node navigation useful for laparoscopic gastrectomy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Dept. of Surgery, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rino
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imada
authors.forename: Kimiatsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasuo
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: Takaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiozawa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kabara
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yukawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takanashi
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*