Blood loss after partial gastrectomy.

Role of occult blood loss in anaemia after partial gastrectomy.

The present investigation is a study of occult gastrointestinal blood loss in 20 anaemic postgastrectomy patients and 14 control subjects. One patient in the postgastrectomy group was found to be bleeding from undetected haemorrhoids. One patient in each group showed sensitivity to aspirin with greatly increased occult blood loss. The mean blood loss in 18 postgastrectomy patients with unexplai...

Blood changes eight years after vagotomy with gastrojejunostomy compared with those after polya partial gastrectomy.

Scintigraphic evaluation of gastric emptying after greater curvature plication in comparison with sleeve gastrectomy

Introduction: Laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) is a relatively new restrictive bariatric procedure that emerged to avoid the problems and to reduce the cost of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. In this study we present the initial short-term outcome of LGP and its effect on gastric emptying and compare it with the results of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). <stro...

Disease of the digestive system. Postgastrectomy problems--II.

(Last week Mr. Williams considered the cause and management of some symptoms arising after partial gastrectomy. The article continues with an account of other common complaints.) Loss of Weight Many patients lose weight or fail to gain weight after gastrectomy. Those who are undernourished at the time of the operation seem to be at the greatest risk. Some degree of malabsorption of food is comm...

Postoperative Quality of Life after Total Gastrectomy Compared with Partial Gastrectomy: Longitudinal Evaluation by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-OG25 and STO22

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...