Proximal gastrectomy with anti-reflux anastomosis for patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction: The simple and safe triangle-valve technique.

ABSTRACT: A simple and safe triangle-valve technique (TVT) was applied in proximal gastrectomy (PG) in order to prevent postoperative gastric reflux among patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEG). The clinical outcomes were evaluated in comparison to those of canonical total gastrectomy (TG). This retrospective study of 74 AEG patients compared two surgical procedures, PG-TVT (n=44) and TG (n=30), in terms of surgical outcomes, postoperative complications and nutritional status. The Reflux Disease Questionnaire (RDQ) was used to evaluate reflux esophagitis, and patients with an RDQ score of ≥12 points were diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The mean operative time was significantly shorter in the PG-TVT group (242.6 min) compared with that in the TG grou

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7490797 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature