Port-site recurrence after laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy: report of the first case.
In advanced gastric cancer, laparoscopic management has been associated with trocar-site recurrence, even though laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomies have reported positive results to treat early-stage gastric cancer in the world. There are no reports of port-site recurrence after laparoscopic gastrectomy in the literature. In this paper, we present a case report of advanced gastric cancer with port-site recurrence 12 month after the initial operation. A wide excision of this recurrence was performed. Otherwise, the evaluation of metastasis in other sites remained negative at 18 months after the original operation. The laparoscopic surgeon should be aware of trocar-site recurrence when dealing with advanced gastric cancer.
Lee
Young-Joon
YJ
Department of Surgery, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Gyeongsang South Province, South Korea.
Ha
Woo-Song
WS
Park
Soon-Tae
ST
Choi
Sang-Kyung
SK
Hong
Soon-Chan
SC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed