Abstract | INTRODUCTION: PRESENTATION OF CASE: The patient is an 81-year-old man with a Type 3 gastric cancer nearly circumferentially involving the antrum, resulting in gastric outlet obstruction. A nasogastric tube was placed for four days, but drainage of gastric contents was inadequate. Pancrelipase was then given orally for four days, and gastric contents were evacuated. The patient underwent distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction and was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 14. DISCUSSION: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Takashi Ui, Hiroyuki Shibusawa, Hidenori Tsukui, Kazuya Sakuma, Shuhei Takahashi, Alan K Lefor, Yoshinori Hosoya, Naohiro Sata, Yoshikazu Yasuda |
Journal | International journal of surgery case reports
(Int J Surg Case Rep)
Vol. 12
Pg. 87-9
( 2015)
ISSN: 2210-2612 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 26036459
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. |