East Asian surgeons generally report lower morbidity and mortality rates for gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy than do surgeons in Western countries; however, the disparity remains unexplained. The aim of this article was to determine the feasibility and safety regarding cases in which East Asian surgeons perform such procedures in Caucasian patients (CPs). Twelve CPs underwent gastrectomy wi...

We examined the effects of feeding water-soluble soybean fiber (WSSF), a highly fermentable dietary fiber, on gastrectomy-induced iron malabsorption, anemia and impairment of exercise performance in rats in two separate experiments. The study was designed as a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement with operation (total gastrectomy) and diet (WSSF) under sedentary (Experiment 1) and exercised (Experiment ...

OBJECTIVE The robot-assisted surgical system was developed for minimally invasive surgery and is thought to have the potential to overcome the shortcomings of laparoscopic surgery. We introduced this system for the treatment of gastric cancer in 2008. Here we report our initial experiences of robot-assisted surgery using the da Vinci system. METHODS A retrospective review of robot-assisted ga...

PURPOSE The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality-of-life questionnaire-OG25 was developed to evaluate the quality of life in patients with stomach and esophageal cancer. The following are included in the OG25 but not in the STO22: odynophagia, choked when swallowing, weight loss, trouble eating with others, trouble swallowing saliva, trouble talking, and trouble wi...

â  zygomycosis is regarded as a rare fetal infection in diabetics and other immunocompromised patients. the usual manifestations of this infection are: rhinosinusitis, pansinusitis, rhino-orbital and rhiâ­nocerebral. primary gastrointestinal (gi) zygomycosis is a rare disâ­ease with a high mortality rate. the stomach is the most common site involved in gi mucormycosis. there are few reported ca...

The risk factors associated with postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) following laparoscopic gastrectomy have not been well studied. We sought to identify the risk factors for PPCs following gastric cancer surgery.A retrospective analysis was performed on all gastric cancer patients in a prospective database who underwent a laparoscopic gastrectomy from 2004 to 2014. The potential risk ...

Whether patients who have undergone gastrectomy are at a high risk of developing pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) remains debatable. From the inpatient claims records of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we identified 33 834 patients with a history of 2000-2010 and135 336 controls without a history of gastrectomy. The 2cohorts were matched by age, sex, and admission year and fol...

Background. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of gallstone after gastrectomy, risk factors for gallstone formation, and the surgical outcome of cholecystectomy after gastrectomy. Methods. A total of 2480 gastric cancer patients who underwent curative resection at two institutions between January 1997 and December 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients' age, gender, di...

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is increasingly used in several abdominal surgeries to accelerate postoperative recovery and reduce the length of stay. The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern of functional recovery after gastrectomy in patients undergoing ERAS and to analyze factors that affect postoperative recovery.In all, 168 gastric cancer patients enrolled in a clinical...

We examined the effects of feeding water-soluble soybean fiber (WSSF), a highly fermentable dietary fiber, on gastrectomy-induced iron malabsorption, anemia and impairment of exercise performance in rats in two separate experiments. The study was designed as a 2 2 factorial arrangement with operation (total gastrectomy) and diet (WSSF) under sedentary (Experiment 1) and exercised (Experiment 2)...