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Figure 1. Creating subtotal stomach reconstruction. (A) Cut line of the stomach. (B) Pull in the direction of the blue arrow to eliminate the bulge peculiar to the stomach, as indicated by the red dashed arrows. (C) Deflection of the stomach is present above the diaphragm especially at the greater curvature side, as indicated by the red dashed arrow, so we pull in the direction of the blue arrow to eliminate it. (D) The number of stiches used to fix the stomach to the diaphragmatic leg should be seven.