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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the risk factors of prolonged postoperative ileus (PPOI) after gastric cancer surgery.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Definition of PPOI was that gastrointestinal function did not return to normal within 96 hours after operation. Diagnostic criteria of PPOI were as follows: according with over 2 below conditions at postoperative 97-hour: (1) moderate to severe sick (mild: 1-3 points, moderate: 4-7 points, severe: 8-10 points) or vomiting occurred in past 12 hours. (2) patient was intolerable of solid food in the last 2 meals and reported the food-intake as less than 25%. (3) no flatus and defecation occurred in past 24 hours. (4) moderate to severe abdominal distension was diagnosed by doctor with knocking abdomen. (5) iconography examination (abdominal X-ray or CT) in past 24 hours revealed gastrectasis, gas-fluid plane, intestinal or colorectal loop extension, indicating the ileus. A total of 83 patients with gastric carcinoma confirmed by preoperative gastroscopic pathology undergoing operation at the Department of General Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital from August 2016 to October 2016 were prospectively enrolled in the study. The incidence and risk factors of PPOI after gastric cancer surgery were calculated and analyzed with univariate and logistic regression multivariate analyses.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of 83 gastric cancer patients, 62 were male and 21 were female with an average age of (60.1±11.0)(39-89) years. Postoperative pathology showed 41 cases with III(-IIII( stage, 42 cases with I(-II( stage. According to the above diaguostic criteria, 22(26.5%) patients were diagnosed as PPOI postoperatively. Among 22 cases, 3 cases had no flatus and defecation with moderate-severe sick and vomiting within postoperative 96 hours; 15 cases had no flatus and defecation with moderate-severe abdominal extension within postoperative 96 hours; 4 cases had no flatus and defecation with moderate-severe sick, vomiting and moderate-severe abdominal extension within postoperative 96 hours. Clinical symptoms of all the POOI patients were improved following conservative treatment. Univariate analysis showed that age ≥65 years[13/26(50.0%) vs. 9/57(15.8%), χ=10.727, P=0.001], postoperative body temperature ≥38.0centi-degree [8/17(47.1%) vs. 14/66(21.2%), χ=4.636, P=0.031], postoperative serum potassium level[20/81(24.7%) vs. 2/2, χ=5.682, P=0.017], and use of opioid agent Dezocine [15/38(39.5%) vs. 7/45(15.6%), χ=6.050, P=0.014] were associated with POOI. Logistic regression analysis showed that age ≥65 years (OR=17.415, 95%CI:17.151-17.750, P=0.015), postoperative body temperature ≥38centi-degree(OR=15.855, 95%CI:15.422-16.214, P=0.013), use of Dezocine after surgery (OR=21.379, 95%CI:20.814-21.654, P=0.010) were the independent risk factors of PPOI after gastric cancer surgery.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Gastric patients with older age, increased body temperature and the use of Dezocine after surgery have higher risk of POOI and need special perioperative management and treatment.</p>
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Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Digestive System Surgical Procedures , Ileus , Postoperative Complications , Risk Factors , Stomach Neoplasms , General SurgeryABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma(HAS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Retrospective analysis of clinicopathological data of 24 cases with gastric HAS diagnosed by surgery and pathology in Chinese PLA General Hospital from January 2013 to May 2016 were carried out. All the patients underwent preoperative serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), endoscopy and imaging examination (CT or B-mode ultrasonography), and those with elevated AFP were excluded from liver cancer, cirrhosis, endodermal sinus tumor and other diseases. The follow-up ended in June 2016 or the death of the patient. The survival was from the operation to the death of the patient or the end of follow-up.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were a total of 24 cases with gastic HAS, accounting for 1.03%(24/2 326) of the total number of patients with gastric cancer diagnosed at the same time in our center. There were 19 males and 5 females, the ratio of male to female was 3.8:1.0, the mean age of the patients was 55.9 (31 to 72) years, and 2 of them had liver metastasis. The first symptom in 50% (12/24) patients was epigastric pain, in 25%(6/24) was abdominal distension with vomiting, and the rest included dysphagia (12.5%, 3/24), hematemesis (8.3%, 2/24) and melena (4.2%, 1/24). Preoperative serum levels of AFP and CEA were elevated in 10 (41.7%) and 5 patients (20.8%) respectively. All the patients underwent surgical treatment, including 23 cases with D2 radical resection of gastric cancer and R0 resection, and the other of palliative gastrojejunostomy. Lesions of HAS located in gastric antrum in 11 cases (45.8%), in cardia in 7 cases (29.2%), and in gastric body in 6 cases (25%). Tumor maximum diameter of 10 cases was larger than 5 cm, and the average diameter was 5.7(1.0 to 12.0) cm. Postoperative pathological TNM staging: stage I(b was in 1 cases, stage II( in 7 cases, stage III( in 14 cases, stage IIII( in 2 cases; lymph node metastasis in stage N1-3 in 20 cases (83.3%). Poorly-differentiated tumors were found in 21 cases (87.5%), and no well-differentiated tumors were found. There were 11 cases (45.8%) with formation of intravascular tumor thrombi. In immunohistochemistry, AFP positive expression was found in 11 cases(45.8%). Seventeen HAS cases (70.8%, 17/24) received postoperative SOX(oxaliplatin + S-1) or XELOX (oxaliplatin + capecitabine) as adjuvant chemotherapy, 5 cases postoperative immune therapy, and 2 cases postoperative traditional Chinese medicine. All the patients were followed up for 0.7 to 42.0 months (median 8 months). A total of 9 patients died, of whom, 1 case underwent gastrojejunostomy because of liver and peritoneal metastasis before operation, and died 20 days after surgery; 4 cases died of multiple liver metastases after 1.5 to 12.0 months with survival of 3 to 18 months; 3 cases presented local recurrence after 2 to 17 months with survival of 6 to 22 months; 1 cases had peritoneal metastasis after 12 month with survival of 26 months.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>HAS is a rare type of gastric cancer with poor prognosis. The diagnosis is mainly based on histopathology, and radical resection is the mainstay treatment.</p>
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare clinically relevant postoperative complications after open, laparoscopic, and robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinical data of patients with gastric cancer who underwent gastrectomy between January 1, 2014 and October 1, 2016 at Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients were diagnosed by upper endoscopy and confirmed by biopsy without distant metastasis. They were confirmed with R0 resection by postoperative pathology. Patients with incomplete data were excluded. The complications among open group, laparoscopic group and robotic group were compared. The continuous variables were analyzed by one-way ANOVA, and categorical variables were analyzed by χtest or Fisher exact test.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 1 791 patients (1 320 males and 471 females) were included in the study, aged from 17 to 98 (59.0±11.6) years, comprising 922 open, 673 laparoscopic and 196 robotic gastrectomies. There were no significant differences among three groups in baseline data (gender, age, BMI, comorbidity, radiochemotherapy) and some of operative or postoperative data (blood transfusion, number of lymph node dissection, combined organ resection, resection site, N stage, postoperative hospital stay). The blood loss in laparoscopic and robotic groups was significantly lower than that in open group[(185.7±139.6) ml and (194.0±187.6) ml vs. (348.2±408.5) ml, F=59.924, P=0.000]. The postoperative complication occurred in 197 of 1 791(11.0%) patients. The Clavien-Dindo II(, III(a, III(b, IIII(a, and IIIII( complications were 5.5%, 4.0%, 1.2%, 0.1%, and 0.2% respectively. The anastomotic leakage (2.4%), intestinal obstruction(1.3%) and pulmonary infection(1.2%) were the three most common complications, followed by wound infection(0.8%), cardiovascular disease(0.7%), anastomotic bleeding (0.7%), delayed gastric emptying (0.6%), duodenal stump fistula(0.5%), intraperitoneal hemorrhage (0.5%), pancreatic fistula (0.3%), intra-abdominal infection(0.2%), chylous leakage (0.1%) and other complications(1.7%). There were no significant differences among three groups as the complication rates of open, laparoscopic and robotic gastrectomy were 10.6%(98/922), 10.8%(73/673) and 13.3%(26/196) respectively (χ=1.173, P=0.566). But anastomotic leakage occurred more common after laparoscopic and robotic gastrectomy compared to open gastrectomy [3.1%(21/673) and 5.1%(10/196) vs. 1.3%(12/922), χ=12.345, P=0.002]. The rate of cardiocerebral vascular diseases was higher in open group[1.3%(12/922) vs. 0.1%(1/673) and 0, χ=8.786, P=0.012]. And the rate of anastomotic bleeding was higher in robotic group [2.0%(4/196) vs. open 0.4%(4/922) and laparoscopic 0.6%(4/673), χ=6.365, P=0.041]. In view of Clavien-Dindo classification, III(a complications occurred more common in laparoscopic group [5.5%(37/673) vs. open 3.3%(30/922) and robotic 2.6%(5/196), χ=6.308, P=0.043] and III(b complications occurred more common in robotic group [3.1%(6/196) vs. open 1.1%(10/922) and laparoscopic 0.7%(5/673), χ=7.167, P=0.028].</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Morbidities of postoperative complications are comparable among open, laparoscopic and robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer. However, in consideration of the high difficulty of anastomosis, the minimally invasive surgery should be performed by more experienced surgeons.</p>