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For Treatment of the Greater Curvature of the Stomach

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The stomach is shaped like a pouch and connects the esophagus and the duodenum. For the surgeon, however, the range of a gastric operation includes the gastroesophageal junction, the stomach, and first portion of the duodenum. The “surgical stomach” includes the cardiac orifice and the pyloric canal [1].

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  1. Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, 640 Daesa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon-si, 301-721, Republic of Korea

    Sang-Il Lee

  2. Department of Surgery, Chosun University College of Medicine, 588 Seoseok-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju-si, 501-717, Republic of Korea

    Young Don Min

  3. Department of Surgery I, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Oita, 879-5593, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Etoh

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  1. Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Oita, 879-5593, Japan

    Seigo Kitano M.D., Ph.D. (President) (President)

  2. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Cancer Research Instititue, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Han-Kwang Yang M.D., Ph.D.

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Lee, SI., Min, Y.D., Etoh, T. (2012). For Treatment of the Greater Curvature of the Stomach. In: Kitano, S., Yang, HK. (eds) Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54003-8_6

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