Postoperative mortality after total gastrectomy

Intrathoracic Hernia after Total Gastrectomy

Intrathoracic hernias after total gastrectomy are rare. We report the case of a 78-year-old man who underwent total gastrectomy with antecolic Roux-Y reconstruction for residual gastric cancer. He had alcoholic liver cirrhosis and received radical laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy for gastric cancer 3 years ago. Early gastric cancer in the remnant stomach was found by routine upper gastrointest...

Laparoscopic double-tract reconstruction after total gastrectomy for postoperative duodenal surveillance: Case series

INTRODUCTION When gastric cancer or carcinoid patients have coexisting diseases such as duodenal adenoma, FAP, or Crohn's disease, periodic observation of the duodenum is necessary. METHODS Between August 2013 and April 2015, we performed four consecutive laparoscopic total gastrectomies with double tract reconstruction for duodenal surveillance. Three of the patients were diagnosed with gast...

[esophago-jejunal Anastomosis after Total Gastrectomy].

Postoperative complications and weight loss following jejunostomy tube feeding after total gastrectomy for advanced adenocarcinomas

OBJECTIVE Patients undergoing total gastrectomy for cancer are at risk of malnourishment. The aim of this self-controlled study was to examine the effect of jejunostomy tube feeding (JTF) and other factors on postoperative weight and the incidence of jejunostomy-related complications in patients undergoing total gastrectomy for cancer. METHODS All consecutive patients who underwent total gast...

Postoperative quality of life and dysfunction in patients after combined total gastrectomy and esophagectomy

BACKGROUND Patients with esophageal cancer and a history of gastrectomy or concurrent gastric cancer undergo not only esophagectomy but also total gastrectomy. The goal of this study is to evaluate the postoperative quality of life (QOL) and dysfunction of these patients using two postoperative questionnaires. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 1999 to 2015, 41 patients underwent concurrent esophagec...