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Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy and the challenge of esophagojejunostomy

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    Theodore Liakakos

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Liakakos, T. Totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy and the challenge of esophagojejunostomy. Surg Endosc 25, 3468 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-011-1692-3

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Keywords

  • Gastric Cancer
  • Trastuzumab
  • Total Gastrectomy
  • Laparoscopic Gastrectomy
  • Metastatic Gastric Cancer