RT Book, Section A1 Kitagawa, Yuko A1 Takeuchi, Hiroya A2 Morita, Shane Y. A2 Balch, Charles M. A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne A2 Pawlik, Timothy M. A2 Posner, Mitchell C. A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K. SR Print(0) ID 1145761515 T1 Sentinel Node Navigation Surgery for Early Gastric Cancer T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071793315 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145761515 RD 2024/03/28 AB Many patients with early gastric cancer are currently treated with advanced laparoscopic gastrectomy procedures, such as laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) and laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy, in many countries.1-4 Advanced laparoscopic gastrectomy contributes to both better aesthetics and early postoperative recovery.5 However, the patients’ quality of life (QOL) is mainly affected by late phase complications, such as dumping syndrome and body weight loss resulting from disturbances in oral intake. Therefore, both a minimal invasive approach for early-phase recovery and satisfactory late-phase function after gastric cancer surgery should be carefully considered in patients indicated for these procedures.