The comparison Lahey’s and Lawrence’s reconstuction procedures following total gastrectomy for gastric cancer / 中国现代普通外科进展

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the effects of Layhey’s and Lawrence’s reconstruction procedures on nutritional status and digestive symptoms following total gastrectomy for gastric cancer.Methods: To analyze retrospectively 146 patients performed total gastrectomy for gastric cancer.Among them,83 cases were operated by Lahey’s reconstruction procedures and 63 cases by Lawrence’s.It was focused on the comparision of the body weight changing,nutritional status and digestive symptoms in 6 months after operation.Results: In 6 months after operation,the weight loss of Lawrence group was less than that of Lahey group significanly.For the level of total protein and albumin at that time,they increased in Lawrence group,but decreased in Lahey’ group,and the difference was significant.The changing tedency for hemoglobin level in Lawrence group was less than that of Lahey group,but there was no significant difference between them.For the quantity and frequency of food intake,there was no significnat difference between them.In Lawrence group,the number of patients with vomiting were less than that in Lahey’group significantly.Conclusion:The Lawrence reconstruction procedure is more reasonable following total gastrectomy for gastric cancer.