Roux-en-Y gastroenteroanastomosis in the treatment of stenosing and advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

• Autor(a) principal: Andreollo,Nelson Adami
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Lopes,Luiz Roberto, Coelho Neto,João de Souza, Silveira,Henrique José Virgili
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: ABCD. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202010000200006
• topic: Stomach neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma; Surgery

BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the most common cancer of the digestive tract and approximately 60% of cases are advanced when the patient is first admitted for treatment. AIM: A retrospective analysis of patients with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma, stenosing and unresectable, performing Roux-en-Y gastroenteroanasmosis. METHODS: From January 1998 to December 2009, 62 patients were operated with a mean age of 52.7 years, being 43 males (69.3%). The gastrojejunal anastomosis was latero-lateral, pre-colic and jejuno-jejunoanastomosis end-to-side Roux-en-Y, lying about 50 cm from the stomach. RESULTS: The average hospital stay was 7.5 days. It was reported one death secondary to pneumonia and sepsis (1.6%). Postoperatively, all patients started to eat solids and pastes, with weight gain. The occurrence of frequent vomiting was found in four patients (6,4%). The median survival was 11 months. CONCLUSION: The Roux-en-Y gastroenteroanastomosis is a very good option to prevent the occurrence of enteric and bilious vomiting after palliative surgery, causes weight gain and improved quality of life.