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ArticleSurgery today2021

Taste alteration after gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer.

Takaomi Hagi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Takuro Saito, Kotaro Yamashita, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Makoto Yamasaki, Masaaki Motoori, Yutaka Kimura and 3 more

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Takaomi HagiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yukinori KurokawaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. ykurokawa@gesurg.med.osaka-u.ac.jp.
Tsuyoshi TakahashiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Takuro SaitoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Kotaro YamashitaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Koji TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Tomoki MakinoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Makoto YamasakiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Masaaki MotooriDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yutaka KimuraDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Kiyokazu NakajimaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Hidetoshi EguchiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Yuichiro DokiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Osaka University · JPOsaka Prefectural Medical Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the relationship between changes in taste due to surgical procedures and other clinical factors, we performed a detailed investigation of taste alteration in patients who underwent gastrectomy.

methodsQuestionnaires on taste alteration were distributed to patients who visited our outpatient clinic from July 2018 to January 2019 for the postoperative evaluation of gastric cancer. Associations of clinical characteristics with changes in sensitivity to the four major taste types (sweet, sour, salty, and bitter) were examined.

resultsOf the 243 eligible patients, 42 (17.3%) experienced taste alteration after gastrectomy; taste sensitivity decreased in 21 (8.6%) patients and increased in 31 (12.7%) patients. The frequency of a decreased sensitivity to sweet was significantly higher in patients who underwent total gastrectomy than in those who underwent distal gastrectomy (18.8% vs. 3.3%, P = 0.001). Patients who underwent total gastrectomy were significantly more likely than those who received distal gastrectomy to experience increased sensitivity to sour (12.5% vs. 2.2%, respectively; P = 0.004) and bitter (15.6% vs. 3.8%, respectively; P = 0.007) tastes. A multivariate analysis revealed that total gastrectomy was an independent risk factor for total taste alteration.

conclusionsPatients who underwent total gastrectomy showed a high likelihood of both loss and gain of taste sensitivity.

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TasteFemaleGastrectomyHumansMaleRisk FactorsSensory ThresholdsStomach NeoplasmsSurveys and QuestionnairesTaste DisordersGastrectomyGastric cancerPost-gastrectomy syndromeTaste alteration

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