Tomoko Mizota, MD1, Yusuke Watanabe, MD1, Yo Kurashima, MD, PhD1, Yuma Ebihara, MD, PhD1, Saseem Paudel, MD1, Amin Madani, MD2, Katherine Mckendy, MD2, Toshiaki Shichinohe, MD, PhD1, Shuji Kitashiro, MD, PhD1, Shunichi Okushiba, MD, PhD1, Satoshi Hirano, MD, PhD1. 1Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, 2Department of Surgery, McGill University
While minimally invasive partial gastorectomies for gastric submucosal tumors are widespread, it is challenging to identify resection margins from a laparoscopic perspective.We introduce a hybrid technique combining laparoscopic and endoscopic approaches called Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Cooperative Surgery (LECS).This approach allows us to perform a laparoscopic partial gastrectomy, while maintaining safe oncologic margins and optimizing post-operative functional outcomes.