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Bracket-like suture method: a novel, circular marked, simplest sided purse-string suture technique for intracorporeal circular-stapled oesophagojejunostomy during laparoscopic total gastrectomy.

Jianjun Du, Lizhi Zhao, Hongyuan Xue, Jian Hu, Ziqiang Zhang

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Jianjun DuDepartment of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 12 Middle Urumqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China. dujjp@hotmail.com.
Lizhi ZhaoDepartment of Digestive Surgery, Hanzhong Central Hospital, No. 22 Kangfu Road, Hanzhong, 723000, Shaanxi, China.
Hongyuan XueDepartment of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 12 Middle Urumqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Jian HuDepartment of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 12 Middle Urumqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Ziqiang ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 12 Middle Urumqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Fudan University · CNHanzhong Central Hospital · CNHuashan Hospital · CN

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purposeTotal laparoscopic total gastrectomy (TLTG) has been limited in application because of the difficulty of intracorporeal oesophagojejunostomy. Theoretically, an intracorporeal single-stapling oesophagojejunostomy using a circular stapler could be commonly used and provide favourable outcomes for TLTG, as in open total gastrectomy(OTG), in which the use of circular staplers in oesophagojejunostomy is common and the standard procedure. This could be possible if use of a laparoscopic purse-string suture along the distal oesophagus were made easy and simple. However, the simple and optimal use of this procedure remains to be developed.

methodsBetween October 2018 and March 2020, 21 consecutive patients with gastric cancer underwent TLTG using the bracket-like suture method (BLSM) for intracorporeal circular-stapled oesophagojejunostomy in our institution. The surgical details and postoperative outcomes were analysed to evaluate this method.

resultsThe mean operation time was 227.6 ± 13.6 min. The median time for the two-sided purse-string suture was 4 min (range, 3-5 min). It took an average of 11.5 min for the completion of purse-string suture and anvil placement. Tumour-free margins were achieved in 21 patients with a median length of 2.5 cm (range, 2-6 cm) proximal margin. Three patients developed postoperative complications. There was no mortality. During the median follow-up period of 12 months, no anastomosis-related complications were observed.

conclusionThe results suggest that the method cannot only facilitate safe and easy purse-string creation, using the simplest two-sided suture in a short amount of time by circular marking of the intended transection level for intracorporeal circular-stapled oesophagojejunostomy, but can also be completed by laparoscopic surgeons with basic laparoscopic suturing skills.

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LaparoscopyStomach NeoplasmsAnastomosis, SurgicalGastrectomyHumansSurgical StaplingSuturesSuture TechniquesIntracorporeal oesophagojejunostomyLaparoscopic total gastrectomyPurse-string suture technique

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