Open AccessClosure of Petersen's Space Lowers the Incidence of Gastric Food Retention after Distal Gastrectomy with Gastrojejunostomy in Gastric Cancer Patients
Author(s) -
Jaewon Lee,
Hye Young Ahn,
Dong Seok Han
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of gastric cancer/daehan wiam haghoeji
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2093-5641
pISSN - 1598-1320
DOI - 10.5230/jgc.2021.21.e28
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrectomy , hazard ratio , gastroenterology , gastric outlet obstruction , incidence (geometry) , cancer , confidence interval , gastric emptying , gastric fluid , surgery , stomach , physics , optics , chemistry , chromatography
Delayed gastric emptying usually manifests as gastric food retention. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of gastric food retention after distal gastrectomy with gastrojejunostomy in gastric cancer patients and identify the risk factors for its development.