Study of Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes Between Esophagogastrostomy and Double-Tract Reconstruction After Proximal Gastrectomy
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa,
Naoshi Kubo,
Katsunobu Sakurai
et al.
Abstract:Background.As the opportunities for proximal gastrectomy (PG) for early gastric cancer in the upper third stomach have been increasing, the safety and feasibility of PG has been a great concern in recent years. This study aimed to compare to the short-term and long-term outcomes between patients who underwent esophagogastrostomy (EG) and those who underwent the double-tract reconstruction (DTR) after PG.
Methods.We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 34 patients who underwent EG and 39 who underwen… Show more
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