title: Laparoscopic-assisted radical gastrectomy for distal gastric cancer.
abstract: A 48-year-old female patient was diagnosed with a superficial depressed type early gastric cancer (type IIc) of 1.0 cm at the gastric angle as indicated by gastroscopy. Laparoscopic-assisted greater omentum-preserving D2 radical gastrectomy was performed in combination with Billroth I reconstruction under general anesthesia for the distal gastric cancer on April 5, 2013. The postoperative recovery was satisfying without complications. The patient was discharged seven days after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China.
authors.forename: Yian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiangdong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Zhiyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Litao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ruizeng
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dong
keywords: D2 lymph node dissection; Early gastric cancer; gastrectomy; laparoscopic-assisted