ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effect of different operations for cardia carcinoma on the postoperative anastomotic stoma complications.Methods Between December,2000 and May,2007,the clinical data 156 patients with carcinoma of gastric cardia who received different operations were analyzed retrospectively.Results The thoracoabdominal incision was performed in 57 cases,abdominal incision in 68 and left thoracic incision in 31 cases.The occurrence rate of anastomotic stoma complications in the patients with thoraco-abdominal,abdominal and left thoracic incision was 7.0%(4/57),7.4%(5/68),and 12.9%(4/31),respectively.The occurrence rate of anastomotic stoma complications in the patients using 25 mm end-end autosuture was 4.2%(4/95),in using of the 28mm autosuture group was 16.1%(P=0.0102).Conclusions The occurrence rate of anastomotic stoma complications can be reduced by choosing correct operation methods and using autosuture correctly.