Total gastrectomy patients had a lower diet volume and greater diet frequency than distal gastrectomy patients after 6 months.

ABSTRACT: There are no reports comparing diet recovery between patients who underwent distal gastrectomy (DG) and those who underwent total gastrectomy (TG). The aim of the present study was to compare dietary habits and nutritional status after curative treatment with DG and TG in patients with gastric cancer. We retrospectively collected clinical data from 263 consecutive patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer without recurrence at a single-center between January 2016 and December 2022. Demographic data, diet questionnaires, and laboratory data were collected. Patients were divided into 2 groups: those who underwent DG and those who underwent TG. Dietary habits and nutritional status were compared between the groups from preoperation until the 36th postoperative month (POM). For the

SUBMITTER: Kim YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666135 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature