Anatomy of laparoscopy-assisted distal D2 radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Laparoscopic gastrectomy has been widely accepted both in China and abroad. Due to the local complex anatomy of stomach and high demand for lymph node dissection, this approach is still hard to be widely performed in primary hospitals. We have begun the laparoscopic gastrectomy since 2009. So far we have completed 349 cases of laparoscopic distal gastric D2 radical surgery.