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Initial Experience of Dual-Port Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Single-Arm Study

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Introduction

Dual-port laparoscopic gastrectomy (DPLG) has been widely performed in recent years for treating gastric cancers. The present study reports our initial experience of dual-port laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (DPLDG).

Methods

From November 2016 to August 2018, 38 consecutive patients underwent DPLDG in our center. The observational outcomes included 30-day morbidity and mortality rates, time to first flatus, time to first oral liquid diet, time to first oral semiliquid diet, time to drainage tube removal, visual analogue scale (VAS) score, postoperative 4-day recovery rate, additional analgesic use, hospital stay and cosmetic benefits.

Results

Mean operative time was 191.6 ± 44.4 min, mean intra-operative blood loss was 39.8 ± 48.7 ml, and the mean number of dissected lymph nodes was 38.3 ± 13.7 nodes. One case was converted to five-port laparoscopic surgery, and no intraoperative complications occurred in any of the cases. The mean time to postoperative first flatus was 45.3 ± 18.0 h. The mean time to intake of an oral liquid diet was 56.7 ± 30.4 h. The mean time to drainage tube removal was 97.9 ± 52.3 h. The mean VAS scores for the 3 days after surgery were 2.3 ± 0.7, 2.0 ± 0.6 and 1.6 ± 0.5, respectively. A total of 81.6% of the enrolled patients met the postoperative 4-day recovery standard, and 15.8% of patients received additional analgesics. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 6.0 ± 2.0 days. No deaths were observed, and the 30-day morbidity rate was 13.2%.

Conclusion

DPLDG is a feasible and safe procedure for experienced surgeons with acceptable short-term outcomes, reduced invasiveness and good cosmetic effects.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the participants of the study.

Funding

This work and the journal's Rapid Service Fee was supported by the State’s Key Project of Research and Development Plan (2017YFC0108300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81672446), Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Key Project (2014A020215014), the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China (201402015), the Southern Medical University Clinical Research Start-Up Project (LC2016ZD003) and the Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program ([2012]121).

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All named authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this article, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given their approval for this version to be published.

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Yi-Ming Lu, Tian Lin, Yan-Feng Hu, Hao Liu, Ting-Yu Mou, Yu Zhu, Jiang Yu and Guo-Xin Li have nothing to disclose.

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This study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants for the publication of this work and the use of images within this article.

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Lu, YM., Lin, T., Hu, YF. et al. Initial Experience of Dual-Port Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Single-Arm Study. Adv Ther 36, 2342–2350 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-019-01029-x

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