Totally Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer: An Initial Experience

조기위암으로 진단된 환자에서의 전복강경하 위전절제술의 초기 경험

  • Lee, Jeong-Seon (Department of Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, School of Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Han-Hong (Seoul St. Mary's Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Jo (Department of Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, School of Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital) ;
  • Park, Seung-Man (Department of Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, School of Medicine, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital)
  • 이정선 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 인천성모병원 외과학교실) ;
  • 이한홍 (서울성모병원 외과학교실) ;
  • 김진조 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 인천성모병원 외과학교실) ;
  • 박승만 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 인천성모병원 외과학교실)
  • Received : 2010.03.23
  • Accepted : 2010.03.30
  • Published : 2010.03.30

Abstract

Purpose: We wanted to evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of totally laparoscopic total gastrectomy (TLTG) for treating early gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: The medical records of 11 consecutive patients who underwent TLTG after being diagnosed with early gastric cancer at Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea from February 2005 to September 2009 were retrospectively reviewed and their clinicopathologic characteristics and the surgical results wereinvestigated. Results: The mean operation time was $385.6{\pm}94.1$ minutes, the mean time for creating an intracorporeal anastomosis was $97.5{\pm}60.0$ minutes and the mean number of the harvested lymph nodes was $46.6{\pm}15.4$ The mean number of days after operation until starting a liquid diet was the $6.1{\pm}7.6^{th}$ postoperative day and the mean hospital stay after surgery was $14.2{\pm}11.9$ days. There was no case of open conversion, but there were 2 cases of intraoperative complication and 3 cases of postoperative complication. There was one case of postoperative mortality. The patient suffered from thrombocytopenia of an unknown cause, which was refractory to platelet transfusion, on $4^{th}$ postoperative day and the patient died of intraabdominal bleeding on the $6^{th}$ postoperative day. Conclusion: TLTG was a technically feasible and relatively safe procedure. However, a long time for creating the intracoproeal anastomosis and a long operation time are still problems to be solved.

목적: 전복강경하 위전절제술(TLTG)의 방법을 보고하고 그 기술적 용이성 및 안전성을 확인하기 위하여 본 연구를 진행하게 되었다. 대상 및 방법: 2005년 2월부터 2009년 9월까지 가톨릭대학교 의과대학 인천성모병원에서 조기위암으로 진단 받은 후 TLTG를 시행 받은 11명의 환자들의 의무기록부를 후향적으로 조사하여 환자들의 임상적 특징과 수술 결과 그리고 병리학적 소견들을 분석하였다. 결과: 수술 시간은 평균 $385.6{\pm}94.1$분이었고 복강 내 문합에 소요된 시간은 평균 $97.5{\pm}60.0$분이었고 절제된 림프절의 개수는 평균 47개였다. 유동식 섭취 개시 시기는 수술 후 평균 $6.1{\pm}7.6$일이었고 수술 후 재원 기간은 평균 $14.2{\pm}11.9$일이었다. 개복 수술로의 전환 예는 없었고 수술 중 합병증이 2예, 수술 후 합병증이 3예에서 발생하였으며 한 예의 수술 사망 예가 있었는데 환자는 수술 후 4일째 혈소판 수혈에 반응하지 않는 원인불명의 혈소판 감소증이 발생하여 수술 후 6일째 복강 내 출혈에 의해 사망하였다. 결론: TLTG는 기술적으로 용이하였고 비교적 안전하였다. 그러나 긴 복강 내 문합 시간과 수술 시간은 향후 해결해야 할 과제이다.

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