Background/aims: The aim of this retrospective study is the analysis of the success rate of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in our group of patients with Billroth II gastrectomy.
Methodology: The study of the group was carried out during 14 years, i.e. from November 1994 to December 2008. It retrospectively evaluates 120 patients with Billroth II gastrectomy.
Results: A cannulation success rate of 90.8% (109 of 120 patients) was reached in performing ERCP in 120 patients with Billroth II gastrectomy. There were normal ERCP results in 4 patients. ERCP results in the remaining 105 patients were pathological. Endoscopic treatment was started in all of these 105 patients immediately after diagnostic ERCP. Overall, therapeutic ERCP was completely successful in 91 of 105 patients (86.66%) who were originally treated with endoscopy.
Conclusions: ERCP in patients with Billroth II gastrectomy is much more demanding in contrast with standard procedure due to different postoperative anatomy. ERCP success is determined mainly by great personal experience and skillfulness of the endoscopist. ERCP performed lege artis in patients with Billroth II gastrectomy is a highly effective and safe method where the success rate reached can be almost the same as in a normal anatomical situation.
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Asian J Endosc Surg
January 2025
Division of Advanced Surgical Oncology, Research and Development Center for New Medical Frontiers, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
Background: Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) with Billroth I (B-I) reconstruction is frequently performed for gastric cancer. However, the difference between the circular stapler technique (CS) and delta-shaped anastomosis (DA) remains unclear, especially regarding the postoperative endoscopic physiological findings.
Methods: Three hundred and one patients including 150 CS patients and 151 DA patients during LADG with B-I reconstruction between 2013 and 2019 at Saitama Medical University International Medical Center were chosen as study subjects.
J Gastric Cancer
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Purpose: Since 1995, the Korean Gastric Cancer Association (KGCA) has been periodically conducting nationwide surveys on patients with surgically treated gastric cancer. This study details the results of the survey conducted in 2023.
Materials And Methods: The survey was conducted from March to December 2024 using a standardized case report form.
Arq Bras Cir Dig
January 2025
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Digestive Diseases Surgical Unit - Campinas (SP), Brazil.
Background: Gastric stump neoplasia is defined as a neoplasia that arises in the gastric remnant after at least 5 years of interval from the first gastric resection.
Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze 51 patients who underwent total and subtotal gastrectomy and multi-visceral resections in patients with gastric stump cancer.
Methods: The hospital records of 51 patients surgically treated for gastric stump cancer between 1989 and 2019 were reviewed.
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Methods: Between 2012 and March 2023, 246 patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy with the following type of reconstruction techniques: (1) WRYGJ: 40 patients; (2) PPBII: 118 patients; and (3) WBII: 88 patients.
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Objectives: To document the gender differences in the management and outcomes of AMI in India.
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