The main treatment for early gastric cancer (EGC) include endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and radical gastrectomy. However, appropriate treatment for patients who exceed the absolute indications and noncurative resection of ESD remains unestablished. Sentinel node navigation surgery (SNNS) enables limited lymph node resection, thereby facilitating function-preserving gastrectomy (FPG) and improving quality of life (QoL). SNNS seems to be the promising solution according to previous study, however evidence-based medicine was lacking. It is imperative to establish its safety and efficacy in patients with EGC. However, the optimal implementation of FPG remain unclear. Moreover, objective assessment of postoperative functional outcomes,remains limited.
1) Patients aged 18-80 years, regardless of gender. 2) Patients with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score ≤ 2 and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score ≤ 2 who are candidates for a curative D2 gastrectomy.
1) Patients with a contraindication for gastroscopy. 2) Patients with uncontrollable diseases, such as coagulation disorders, epilepsy, central nervous system diseases or mental disorders, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, a cerebrovascular accident that occurred within 6 months, and other surgical contraindications.
Parallel
Fluorescence Guided Laparoscopic-Endoscopic Cooperative Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Surgery
Procedure/SurgeryPatients without prior ESD received ESD with laparoscopic sentinel basin dissection (LSBD) for ESD resectable lesions, otherwise patients received laparoscopic-endoscopic cooperative regional gastrectomy (LRG) with LSBD. For patients with prior non-curative ESD, LSBD alone was performed if margins were negative, otherwise LRG with LSBD was conducted. Intraoperative frozen-section pathological examination of the horizontal resection margin of the ESD or full-thickness specimen. During laparoscopic sentinel node basin dissection (LSBD), indocyanine green (ICG) (2 mL, 2.5 mg/mL) was endoscopically injected into the submucosal layer at four quadrants around the marking points (0.5 mL per quadrant). Fifteen minutes after ICG injection, sentinel lymph node basins (SLBs) were defined as the area within a 2 cm margin of the detected fluorescence stained nodes, which were marked with laparoscopic clips.
Laparoscopic D2 radical gastrectomy
Procedure/SurgeryPreparation: The patient is positioned supine with general anesthesia. An orogastric tube and Foley catheter are inserted. Antibiotics are administered, and sequential stockings are applied. Port Placement: Pneumoperitoneum is created via a Veress needle at the umbilicus. Working ports are placed in the upper quadrants, with a fifth port for liver retraction. Abdominal Exploration: The abdomen is inspected for metastases, and peritoneal cytology is performed. Dissection and Lymph Node Removal: The lesser omentum is divided near the liver, reaching the cardia and diaphragm. The gastrocolic ligament is divided along the transverse colon. Lymph node dissection begins along the splenic artery, then proceeds to the left gastric artery and celiac nodes. The left gastric vessels are controlled with endoclips.After lymph node dissection, distal subtotal gastrectomy is performed. Digestive tract reconstruction is typically done through a mini-laparotomy.
3 and 5-year disease free survival
5-year overall survival
Mortality (within 30 days after surgery)；Unscheduled second surgery (within 30 days after surgery) and Unplanned return to hospital (within 30 days after surgery)
rate of inconsistent result between intraoperative rapid pathology and postoperative pathology examine；Rates of remedial and additional surgery
Perioperative complication rate (within 30 days after surgery, including bleeding, perforation, lymphatic leakage, respiratory complications, cardiovascular complications, anastomotic fistula
According to the Clavien-Dindo scale, if the postoperative complication grade is higher than grade II, it is considered clinically significant)
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Beijing Friendship Hospital
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China-Japan Friendship Hospital
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Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Scienc
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