Effects of proximal gastrectomy with narrow gastric tube anastomosis compared with total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis on upper gastric cancer

• Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery Vol. 408; no. 1; p. 141
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhuo-Yin, Wang, Jing-Tao, Li, Rui-Xin, Wang, Guo-Jun, Zhu, Tian-Yu, Gao, Bu-Lang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 05.04.2023
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Albumins; Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y - methods; Anastomosis, Surgical - methods; Brief Report; Cardiac Surgery; Constriction, Pathologic - surgery; Gastrectomy - adverse effects; General Surgery; Hemoglobins; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Traumatic Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Surgery; Upper gastric cancer; Narrow gastric tube anastomosis; Total gastrectomy; Roux-en-Y anastomosis; Proximal gastrectomy

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of proximal gastrectomy with narrow gastric tube anastomosis (PG-NGT) and total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y anastomosis (TG-RY) for upper gastric cancer. Materials and methods One hundred sixty-three upper gastric cancer patients were enrolled into the P...