title: Video-assisted thoracic surgery for esophagus for treating locally recurrent gastric cancer at the anastomotic site.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of video-assisted thoracic surgery for esophagus (VATS-E) for the treatment of locally recurrent gastric cancer at the anastomotic site.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 59-year-old man underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Histopathologically, it was mucinous adenocarcinoma [pT1(sm), pN1, sM0, PM(-), DM(-), stage IB]. Local recurrence was detected and he received chemotherapy and radiotherapy; histopathologically, it was identified as mucinous adenocarcinoma [pT1(sm), pN0, sM0, stage IA]. As the local recurrence was uncontrollable, he underwent VATS-E. At the 1-year follow-up, he was recurrence-free.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The VATS-E minimally invasive surgery was a very useful technique for anastomotic recurrence after total gastrectomy in our patient.
authors: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Gunma Prefectural Cancer Center, Ota, Japan.
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Ojima
authors: Akihiko
authors: A
authors: Sano
authors: Yasuyuki
authors: Y
authors: Fukai
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Soda
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Kuwano
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
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