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...

Background: Malnutrition dramatically increases the risk of postoperative complications and delays patient recovery. Therefore, a feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) is routinely placed during esophagectomy to maintain nutrition supply. However, recently published studies have questioned need FJT in every esophageal cancer patient. Because most patients can resume oral intake shortly after surgery, ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the relationship between stroke and lower esophageal dysfunction with vomiting and to identify an optimal nutrition protocol based on our findings. PATIENTS AND METHODS The lower and upper esophageal sphincter functions were assessed in 35 patients who had an acute stroke to determine whether gastric or jejunal enteral feeding was the optimal route. Stroke was due to u...

solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas (spt) are rare tumors of the pancreas with low malignancy potential and a very good prognostic outcome after surgery. the outcome after radical resection is favourable. a case of solid-pseudopapillary tumor (spt) of the pancreas in a 20-year-old woman is presented. the patient underwent resection of the mass in the pancreatic head and pancreaticoduod...