Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	3022
Country	China

Received	2013-04-03 08:27
Peer-Review Started	2013-04-04 17:32
To Make the First Decision	2013-05-02 09:02
Return for Revision	2013-05-17 19:59
Revised	2013-05-31 17:39
Second Decision	2013-06-18 11:00
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-06-19 00:44
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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Laparoscopic splenic hilum lymph node dissection for advanced proximal gastric cancer: A modified approach for pancreas- and spleen-preserving total gastrectomy
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ting-Yu Mou, Yan-Feng Hu, Jiang Yu, Hao Liu, Ya-Nan Wang and Guo-Xin Li
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2012AA021103 Ministry of Health of China W2011WAI44
Corresponding Author	Guo-Xin Li, MD, Department of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No. 1838, North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China. gzliguoxin@163.com
Key Words	Proximal stomach; Stomach neoplasm; Laparoscopy; Lymph node excision; Splenic hilum
Core Tip	Pancreas- and spleen-preserving splenic hilum lymph node dissection in laparoscopic total gastrectomy is challenging. Even though a small number of skilled laparoscopic surgeons have demonstrated the safety and feasibility of this procedure, most surgeons adopt only the suprapancreatic approach. However, exposure and dissection of splenic hilum lymph nodes posterior to the splenic artery, especially its inferior branch is sometimes difficult and unpredicted injury or bleeding is more likely to occur if only through the suprapancreatic approach. We combined the supra- and infra-pancreatic approaches to better expose the posterior splenic artery lymph nodes at the splenic hilum and dissect more safely.
Publish Date	2013-08-13 11:13
Citation	Mou TY, Hu YF, Yu J, Liu H, Wang YN, Li GX. Laparoscopic splenic hilum lymph node dissection for advanced proximal gastric cancer: A modified approach for pancreas- and spleen-preserving total gastrectomy. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(30): 4992-4999
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i30/4992.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i30.4992

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