title: Intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy after totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy: A single-center 7-year experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the efficacy and safety of intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy in patients undergoing laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) for gastric cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of 81 consecutive patients who underwent LTG with the same surgical team between November 2007 and July 2014 was performed. Four types of intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy using staplers or hand-sewn suturing were performed after LTG. Data on clinicopatholgoical characteristics, occurrence of complications, postoperative recovery, anastomotic time, and operation time among the surgical groups were obtained through medical records.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average operation time was 288.7 min, the average anastomotic time was 54.3 min, and the average estimated blood loss was 82.7 mL. There were no cases of conversion to open surgery. The first flatus was observed around 3.7 d, while the liquid diet was started, on average, from 4.9 d. The average postoperative hospital stay was 10.1 d. Postoperative complications occurred in 14 patients, nearly 17.3%. However, there were no cases of postoperative death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LTG performed with intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy using laparoscopic staplers or hand-sewn suturing is feasible and safe. The surgical results were acceptable from the perspective of minimal invasiveness.
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Jia-Qin
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Wu
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Jia-Fei
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Rong-Gao
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Ke Chen, Yu Pan, Jia-Qin Cai, Xiao-Wu Xu, Di Wu, Jia-Fei Yan, Rong-Gao Chen, Yang He, Yi-Ping Mou, Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Institute of Micro-Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yi-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Mou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D002681:China; D004946:Esophagostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D061646:Operative Time; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Esophagojejunostomy; Gastric cancer; Hand-sewn; Laparoscopy; Total gastrectomy