OBJECTIVE In gastric cancer, various methods of gastric resection have been devised according to the location of the primary tumor and the depth of invasion. Functional outcomes were compared among different types of reconstruction following open 2/3- or 4/5 distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. METHODS Resection and reconstruction were performed by one of the following three methods, depend...

PURPOSE To compare the oncological outcomes of patients with laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy with those with open resection to remove nonmetastatic gastric cancer. METHODS A total of 532 patients were initially enrolled. Propensity score matching was applied to assemble a study cohort. The primary objective was overall survival (OS). Cancer-specific survival (CSS) and disease-free survival (...

Hypertension, heart disease and malnutrition were found to be the most frequently comorbidities. In our series the most common localization of the cancer was in the lower third (43.7%). So we performed total gastrectomy in 45 patients (56.9%) and partial gastrectomy in 34 patients (42.1%). Perigastric lymphadenectomy was performed in 38 patients (48.6%) while D2 gastrectomy was performed in 41 ...

The effect of vagotomy and gastric resection on insulin secretion was examined by the glucagon stimulated C-peptide test in gastrectomy patients (n = 11) without truncal vagotomy and in total gastrectomy patients (n = 10) with truncal vagotomy. The test was performed twice in each patient: 10 minutes after the midline incision was made and then 60 to 90 minutes later when gastric resection or t...

Previous Gastrectomy can lead to an increased incidence of cholecystocholedocholithiasis and increased morbidity requiring surgery. For the reason of reconstruction of digestive tract (especially in patients with previous Billroth II gastrectomy or total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy), Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) tend to be difficult to be performed. A...