Totally Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy in Post Liver Transplant Patient

Eun Young Park; Dong Jin Park; Hyung Woo Park; Chang Woo Nam; Yang Won Nah; Gyu Yeol Kim

doi:10.7602/jmis.2019.22.1.39

Totally Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy in Post Liver Transplant Patient

J Minim Invasive Surg. 2019 Mar;22(1):39-42. doi: 10.7602/jmis.2019.22.1.39. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Authors

Eun Young Park¹, Dong Jin Park^{1

2}, Hyung Woo Park^{1

2}, Chang Woo Nam^{1

2}, Yang Won Nah^{1

2}, Gyu Yeol Kim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Korea.
² University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.

Abstract

The risk of malignancy after transplantation is higher than that of general population. Laparoscopic surgery has become a standard treatment of gastric cancer. However, there are no case reports evaluating totally laparoscopic gastrectomy in patients with previous liver transplantation. Herein we report our experience with a liver transplant recipient who underwent totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (TLDG) for gastric cancer. A 63 year-old man underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for cryptogenic liver cirrhosis. 8 years later, gastric cancer was diagnosed during the follow-up. Endoscopic submucosal dissection was performed and additional surgical resection was needed. TLDG and D1+ lymph node dissection was performed, and the patient was discharged on the 8th post-operative day without any complications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of de novo gastric cancer treated with TLDG after OLT. This suggests that TLDG is a feasible for patients after OLT.

Keywords: Gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Laparoscopy; Liver transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports