Esophago-jejunal anastomosis after laparoscopic total gastrectomy

[esophago-jejunal Anastomosis after Total Gastrectomy].

Retrograde Jejuno-Jejunal Intussusception after Total Gastrectomy

An eighty-year-old female was transferred to the hospital after experiencing abdominal pain and nausea. She had had a history of total gastrectomy for gastric cancer 14 years previously. Abdominal X-ray revealed a localized expansion of the small bowel. Computed tomography revealed a mass with a lamellar structure in a concentric circle. With a tentative diagnosis of small bowel obstruction due...

Jejunal Mucosal Appearances after Total Gastrectomy.

Jejunal Scarf-Covering Method in Pancreaticojejunostomy after Total Gastrectomy

Pancreatic fistula is the most serious postoperative complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy, and it leads to intra-abdominal abscess, sepsis, hemorrhage and high mortality. To prevent pancreatic fistula, wrapping of skeletonized vessels and the anastomotic site of the pancreaticoenterostomy using the round ligament, greater omentum, or both has been evaluated. However, the round ligament an...

Simple versus double jejunal pouch for reconstruction after total gastrectomy.

BACKGROUND Even though many types of reconstruction after total gastrectomy have been proposed to reduce postgastrectomy syndromes, choosing a method that would further improve the quality of life and nutrition of the gastrectomized patient is controversial. Hunt-Lawrence single pouch reconstruction seems to obtain better results compared with the more common Roux-en-Y technique, but both of th...