TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term postoperative analysis of nutritional status after limited gastrectomy for early gastric cancer
AU - Takahashi, Sadamu
AU - Maeta, Michio
AU - Mizusawa, Kiyoaki
AU - Kaneko, Tetsuya
AU - Naka, Takuji
AU - Ashida, Keigo
AU - Tsujitani, Shunichi
AU - Kaibara, Nobuaki
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - BACKGROUND/AIMS: An examination was made of the postoperative long-term effects of limited gastrectomy (LG) on nutritional status, as one of the factors that influence quality of life. METHODOLOGY: Nutritional status in 33 patients who underwent LG for early gastric cancer, was compared with that of 36 patients who underwent standard gastrectomy (SG). Nutritional conditions were assessed preoperatively, and then 1 and 2 weeks, 1 and 6 months, and 1, 2 and 3 years after surgery. RESULTS: Postoperative recovery of both body weight and body fat mass was greater in LG than SG, and there were significant differences between the two groups of patients from six months after surgery until three years had elapsed. CONCLUSION: LG minimized the extent of nutritional impairment during long-term recovery from surgery, as compared with SG. LG would seem to be a suitable operative procedure for some patients with mucosal gastric cancer, without reducing radicality for cancer.
AB - BACKGROUND/AIMS: An examination was made of the postoperative long-term effects of limited gastrectomy (LG) on nutritional status, as one of the factors that influence quality of life. METHODOLOGY: Nutritional status in 33 patients who underwent LG for early gastric cancer, was compared with that of 36 patients who underwent standard gastrectomy (SG). Nutritional conditions were assessed preoperatively, and then 1 and 2 weeks, 1 and 6 months, and 1, 2 and 3 years after surgery. RESULTS: Postoperative recovery of both body weight and body fat mass was greater in LG than SG, and there were significant differences between the two groups of patients from six months after surgery until three years had elapsed. CONCLUSION: LG minimized the extent of nutritional impairment during long-term recovery from surgery, as compared with SG. LG would seem to be a suitable operative procedure for some patients with mucosal gastric cancer, without reducing radicality for cancer.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9684153
AN - SCOPUS:0031854462
SN - 0172-6390
VL - 45
SP - 889
EP - 894
JO - Hepato-gastroenterology
JF - Hepato-gastroenterology
IS - 21
ER -
