Jejunal Pouch Interposition (JPI) after Distal Gastrectomy in Patients with Gastric Cancer.
10.5230/jkgca.2004.4.4.242
- Author:
Wook KIM
1
;
Hae Myung JEON
;
Hoon HUR
;
Joon Hyun LEE
;
Jong Man WON
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea. kimwook@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Interposition;
Jejunal pouch;
Distal gastrectomy;
Gastric cancer
- MeSH:
Body Weight;
Calcium;
Carotenoids;
Gastrectomy*;
Gastric Emptying;
Gastroparesis;
Humans;
Iron;
Nutritional Status;
Postoperative Period;
Quality of Life;
Stomach Neoplasms*
- From:Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association
2004;4(4):242-251
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PUPOSE: Recently, because of the increasing numbers of early gastric cancer patients and improvements in their survivals, greater attention has been directed towards the quality of life and nutritional status of gastric cancer patients after surgery. However, conventional reconstructions, Billroth- I, -II (B-I and B-II) or Roux-en-Y, have proven to have certain limitations, such as a small reservoir, and a malabsorption for iron, fat, calcium, and carotene. To overcome these limitations, we used a jejunal pouch interposition(JPI) after a distal gastrectomy not only to substitute for the small reservoir but also to maintain a physiologic pathway for ingested foods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 196 gastric cancer patients who underwent a distal gastrectomy between March 2001 and February 2004 were divided into 3 groups: JPI group (n=100), B-I group (n=29), and B-II group (n=67). We assessed the patient's nutritional status, gastric emptying time, and gastrofiberscopic findings. RESULTS: The percents of body weight loss at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years postoperatively in the JPI group (5.14%, 3.01%, 2.37%) were significantly less than those of the conventional B-I (8.41%, 6.69%, 5.90%) and B-II groups (7.50%, 7.65%, 5.86%) (P=0.011, 0.000, 0.013). The laboratory findings showed no significant differences between the 3 groups, except for a higher total protein level in the JPI group after 6 months postoperatively. Especially, stage I and II cancers in the JPI group showed much higher total protein levels after 1 year postoperatively. The gastric emptying times in the 99mTc- semisolid scans at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years postoperatively were 102.5, 83.1, and 58.1 minutes in the JPI group, 95.5, 92.0, and 58.5 minutes in the B-I group, and 53.9, 69.1, and 50.2 minutes in the B-II group, respectively. Also, the symptomatic gastric stasis detected with a gastrofiberscope during the early postoperative period (6 months) was gradually improved. CONCLUSION: From a nutritional aspect, a jejunal pouch interposition after a distal gastrectomy could be an alternative reconstruction method, especially in stage I and II gastric cancer patients, in spite of the longer operation time and the probable delayed gastric emptying.
