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. 2017 Oct 23;2(1):28–36. doi: 10.1002/ags3.12048

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© 2017 The Authors. Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery

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(A) Rear view of a representative specimen after total gastrectomy. (B) Frontal view of a representative specimen after distal gastrectomy. (C,D) Theoretical specimens after (A) total gastrectomy and (B) distal gastrectomy, drawn based on our systematic mesogastric excision concept. Numbers in circles represent regional lymph nodes. LGA, left gastric artery; LGEA, left gastroepiploic artery; LGV, left gastric vein; PGA, posterior gastric artery; RGA, right gastric artery; RGEA, right gastroepiploic artery; SGA, short gastric artery; SPA, splenic artery