Intragastric free cancer cells may be attached to automatic staplers during anastomosis in patients with gastric cancer.

Background: Automatic staplers are often used to reconstruct the digestive tract during surgeries for gastric cancer. Intragastric free cancer cells adhering to automatic staplers may come in contact with the laparoscopic port area and progress to port site recurrence. This study aimed to investigate the presence/absence of cancer cells adhering to automatic staplers during gastric cancer surgery using cytological examinations.

Early-stage gastric cancer with solitary brain metastasis four years after curative surgery: a case report and literature review.

Brain metastasis post-curative gastrectomy for early-stage gastric cancer is extremely rare. We present herein, a case of solitary brain metastasis that developed 4 years post-curative surgery for early-stage gastric cancer. A 60-year-old man had early-stage gastric cancer 4 years prior to presentation and underwent laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection.

Endoscopic self-expandable metal stent placement for malignant afferent loop obstruction caused by peritoneal recurrence after total gastrectomy.

Afferent loop obstruction (ALO) caused by cancer recurrence after total gastrectomy (TG) can be managed by either surgical or non-surgical treatment. The general condition of patients with recurrent gastric cancer is often poor, so a less invasive non-surgical treatment is desirable. We report the case of a 75-year-old male who had undergone TG for gastric cancer 6 months previously and who presented at our hospital with abdominal pain and vomiting.