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Acid Reflux Disease
Research on acid reflux disease described by M. Tokunaga and colleagues
August 5th, 2008
" Although proximal gastrectomy has been performed more as a function-preserving surgery, reflux esophagitis can occur postoperatively, resulting in poor postoperative quality of life. To date, only a few reports have compared the methods of reconstruction performed after proximal gastrectomy, and the method most likely to prevent postoperative reflux esophagitis remains undetermined," researchers in Tokyo, Japan report. " A retrospective review of 76 patients who underwent proximal gastrectomy with jejunal interposition (JI) or esophagogastrostomy (EG) at the Cancer Institute Hospital between April 1996 and August 2005 was performed. Preoperative characteristics,...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-08-05)
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