title: Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy and Side-to-Side Stapled Esophagojejunostomy.
abstract: An optimal method has yet to be established for laparoscopic total gastrectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis.
  
  
  
  We aim to describe a simple technique for intracorporeal anastomoses. Technique of laparoscopic total gastrectomy with side-to-side stapled intracorporeal esophagojejunostomy anastomosis and Roux-en-Y jejunojejunostomy is performed on patients with gastric malignancy in an academic community tertiary care center.
  
  
  
  The anastomotic technique of laparoscopic total gastrectomy with side-to-side stapled esophagojejunostomy is described.
  
  
  
  Laparoscopic total gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy and side-to-side esophagojejunostomy is safe to perform and has the advantage of a wide lumen with low chance for stricture. A laparoscopic total gastrectomy with stapled side-to-side esophagojejunostomy is feasible and safe in advanced gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 4306 Alton Road, 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL, 33140, USA.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Treitl
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 4306 Alton Road, 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL, 33140, USA.
authors.forename: Steven N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Hochwald
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 4306 Alton Road, 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL, 33140, USA.
authors.forename: Philip Q
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 4306 Alton Road, 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL, 33140, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center, 4306 Alton Road, 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL, 33140, USA. kfir.bendavid@msmc.com.
authors.forename: Kfir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben-David
mesh_terms: D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004946:Esophagostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: D2 lymphadenectomy; Esophagojejunostomy; Laparoscopic; Total gastrectomy