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Trial reportGastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association2016

Quality of life and nutritional consequences after aboral pouch reconstruction following total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: randomized controlled trial CCG1101.

Yuichi Ito, Takaki Yoshikawa, Michitaka Fujiwara, Hiroshi Kojima, Takanori Matsui, Yoshinari Mochizuki, Haruhiko Cho, Toru Aoyama, Seiji Ito, Kazunari Misawa and 7 more

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Trial report in Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Longitudinal assessment of quality-of-life after gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a prospective study.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026
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  3. Long-term quality of life, financial toxicity, and decision regret following therapeutic and prophylactic gastrectomy for cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026
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  14. Long-term quality of life and nutrition status of the aboral pouch reconstruction after total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a prospective multicenter observational study (CCOG1505).Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Yuichi ItoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Chuo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Takaki YoshikawaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Michitaka FujiwaraDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Hiroshi KojimaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Aichi Hospital, Okazaki, Japan.
Takanori MatsuiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Aichi Hospital, Okazaki, Japan.
Yoshinari MochizukiDepartment of Surgery, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan.
Haruhiko ChoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Toru AoyamaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Seiji ItoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Chuo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Kazunari MisawaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Chuo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Hiroshi NakayamaDepartment of Surgery, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan.
Yuki MoriokaDepartment of Surgery, Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital, Ichinomiya, Japan.
Akiharu IshiyamaDepartment of Surgery, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki, Japan.
Chie TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Satoshi MoritaDepartment of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Junichi SakamotoTokai Central Hospital, Kagamigahara, Japan.
Yasuhiro KoderaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. ykodera@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
Aichi Cancer Center · JPKanagawa Cancer CenterNagoya University · JPIchinomiya Municipal City Hospital · JPKomaki City Hospital · JPKyoto University · JPNagoya Medical Center · JPOkazaki City Hospital · JPTokai Central Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTotal gastrectomy has detrimental effects on postoperative nutritional status and quality of life (QOL), but it is often unavoidable in the treatment of gastric cancer. Roux-en-Y (RY) is the most common reconstruction method following total gastrectomy. Trials to explore other means of reconstruction have been conducted but have failed to identify a method that is globally accepted.

methodsAboral pouch reconstruction (AP), in which an anisoperistaltic jejunal pouch is created in the Y limb of the RY reconstruction, is considered effective and technically feasible. A prospective randomized trial was conducted to compare AP with RY. Gastric cancer patients requiring total gastrectomy for R0 resection were randomly assigned during surgery to receive either RY (n = 51) or AP (n = 49). Postoperative QOL as assessed by the EORTC QLQ-C30 and STO22, body composition, and morbidity were compared between the two reconstruction methods. The physical functioning score of the QLQ-C30 was selected as the primary endpoint.

resultsThe incidences of postoperative complications were similar between the two groups (29 % in the RY group and 27 % in the AP group). No significant difference was observed in the physical functioning score, and the superiority of AP was demonstrated only for the nausea and vomiting score at 12 months (p = 0.041) and the reflux score at 1 month (p = 0.036). No significant differences were observed in body composition or serum biochemistry.

conclusionsAlthough AP was safely implemented, no increased benefits in nutritional or QOL-related parameters were observed for this method over RY within 12 months postoperatively.

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GastrectomyNutritional StatusPlastic Surgery ProceduresPostoperative ComplicationsQuality of LifeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnastomosis, Roux-en-YFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansJejunumMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingBody compositionJejunal pouchPatient-reported outcomeReconstructionTotal gastrectomy

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