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ArticleSurgical case reports2021

Distal gastric tube resection with preservation of the right gastroepiploic artery for gastric tube cancer: a case report.

Kohei Tajima, Hideo Shimada, Takayuki Nishi, Yutaro Kamei, Kazuo Koyanagi, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

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Kohei TajimaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.
Hideo ShimadaDepartment of Surgery, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, 21-1 Gakkyou, Nakagun, Oiso, Kanagawa, 259-0198, Japan.
Takayuki NishiDepartment of Surgery, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, 21-1 Gakkyou, Nakagun, Oiso, Kanagawa, 259-0198, Japan.
Yutaro KameiDepartment of Surgery, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, 21-1 Gakkyou, Nakagun, Oiso, Kanagawa, 259-0198, Japan.
Kazuo KoyanagiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan. kkoyanagi@tsc.u-tokai.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8010-8630
Hiroyasu MakuuchiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.
Shonan Oiso Hospital · JPTokai University · JP

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Abstract

backgroundThe incidence of gastric tube cancer is increasing because of improved survival rates in patients with esophageal cancer treated by esophagectomy. Total resection of the gastric tube is expected to be highly curative, but it is associated with a higher risk of severe postoperative complications. Herein we report a case of early gastric tube cancer that was successfully treated by distal gastric tube resection with preservation of the right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA). CASE PRESENTATION: An 82-year-old man was diagnosed as having gastric tube cancer, B-12-O, Type 0-IIc, T1b, N0, M0, cStage IA (Japanese Classification of Gastric Carcinoma). Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed a Type 0-IIc lesion measuring 30 mm in length in the lower part of the gastric tube, and histopathological examination of biopsy specimens revealed the features of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. The primary lesion could not be identified by computed tomography, and there was no obvious lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis. Considering that total resection of the gastric tube would have been highly invasive and that the gastric tube cancer was at a relatively early stage, we performed distal gastric tube resection with preservation of the RGEA. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on postoperative day 12. There has been no recurrence during the 17 months of follow-up.

conclusionWe successfully treated a patient with gastric tube cancer by distal gastric tube resection with preservation of the RGEA. This treatment strategy may be acceptable for patients with early gastric tube cancer without lymph node metastasis, considering the balance between the surgical invasiveness and curability of the tumor.

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Distal gastric tube resectionGastric tube cancerLess-invasive treatmentLong-term follow-up after esophagectomyPreservation of the right gastroepiploic artery

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