Abstract | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: METHODS: The prospectively collected data was reviewed retrospectively for 522 patients with early gastric cancer who had undertaken a follow-up endoscopic examination after a distal subtotal gastrectomy between 2003 and 2006. RESULTS: The incidence of food retention was 55.5%, 31.9%, and 20.9% at 3, 12, and 24 months after distal subtotal gastrectomy, respectively. The food residue score was higher in the Billroth I (stapling) group than the Billroth II (hand sewing) group at 3 months after surgery (P = 0.006). The incidence of bile reflux was higher in the Billroth II group than in the Billroth I group at 12 and 24 months after surgery (P < 0.001, P = 0.002, respectively). No significant association was found between the food retention and body weight changes. CONCLUSIONS: Food retention was detected in lots of patients after subtotal gastrectomy and the reconstructive methods after subtotal gastrectomy was not relevant to food retention.
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Authors | Hyung Joong Jung, Jun Ho Lee, Keun Won Ryu, Jong Yeul Lee, Chan Gyoo Kim, Il Ju Choi, Young-Woo Kim, Jae Moon Bae |
Journal | Journal of surgical oncology
(J Surg Oncol)
Vol. 98
Issue 1
Pg. 11-4
(Jul 01 2008)
ISSN: 1096-9098 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 18461561
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bile Reflux
(etiology, physiopathology)
- Female
- Gastrectomy
(adverse effects, methods)
- Gastric Emptying
- Gastric Stump
(physiopathology)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Postgastrectomy Syndromes
(etiology, physiopathology, prevention & control)
- Retrospective Studies
- Stomach Neoplasms
(surgery)
- Sutures
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