Park JY, et al. - Researchers compared the surgical outcomes of laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy (LPG) reconstructed by the double-tract method vs those of laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) via retrospectively reviewing early gastric cancer patients who underwent LPG (n=34) or LTG (n=46) between January 2011 and December 2015 from the prospectively established database. Compared to LTG, LPG with double-tract reconstruction seemed to be a better option in terms of preventing vitamin B12 deficiency, particularly after 1 year after the surgery. However, this procedure conferred little benefit in terms of postoperative body composition changes and quality of life.