Professor Walter Siquini is a teaching fellow at the Polytechnic University of Ancona, Italy and is employed as a general surgeon, at Torrette-Umberto I Hospital, which is a high-level hospital with specialism in major and oncologic surgery. He graduated in medicine in 1993 and received a postgraduate qualification in general surgery in 1998 at the University of Ancona. Since 2002 he has been a researcher and teaching assistant at the Teaching Hospital of Torrete-Umberto I . His main interest is oncological gastrointestinal surgery, and he has attended and spoken at several national congresses concerning gastric cancer.

Easy-to-follow, detailed, step-by-step guide to total and subtotal gastrectomy and extended D2 lymphadenectomy

Preface.- 1 Position of the patient.- 2 Steps shared by Total and Subtotal Gastrectomy.- 3 Total Gastrectomy.- 4 Manual Subtotal Gastrectomy.- 5 Stapled Subtotal Gastrectomy.- 6 Proximal Gastrectomy.- 7 Total and Subtotal D2 Laparoscopic Gastrectomy.- 8 Lymphadenectomy.- 9 Special Cases.

This richly illustrated volume describes the performance of total and subtotal gastrectomy with extended D2 lymphadenectomy by providing a detailed step-by-step guide to both manual and mechanical procedures. Gastric cancer is the fourth most commonly occurring cancer and the second most common cancer-related cause of death worldwide, and surgery remains the only potentially curative treatment. Although several aspects of surgical management are still controversial, all guidelines for the treatment of curable gastric cancer recommend subtotal gastrectomy (for tumors located in the antrum and corpus) or total gastrectomy (for tumors located in the fundus) with extended D2 lymphadenectomy. Various technical tips and secrets are revealed that serve to simplify the procedure and simultaneously make it more effective: by rendering esophagojejunal and gastrojejunal anastomosis more secure, the risk of leakage is minimized. High-quality intraoperative color photographs and drawings covering all steps facilitate understanding of these complex operations and will prove an invaluable tool for surgeons, residents and professionals in the field.