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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2022

Disturbed passage of jejunal limb near esophageal hiatus after overlapped esophagojejunostomy following laparoscopic total gastrectomy.

Hirokazu Noshiro, Keiichiro Okuyama, Yukie Yoda

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Hirokazu NoshiroDepartment of Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga 849-8501, Japan. noshiro@cc.saga-u.ac.jp.
Keiichiro OkuyamaDepartment of Surgery, Saga University, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
Yukie YodaDepartment of Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
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Abstract

backgroundOverlapped esophagojejunostomy (OEJ) is a secure purely laparoscopic reconstruction after laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG). However, long-term surgical results have not been documented well.

aimIn this paper, we report unusual patients who manifested jejunal limb stricture near the esophageal hiatus without anastomotic stenosis during long-term observation after surgery.

methodsFrom April 2009 until May 2020, we retrospectively reviewed 211 patients underwent LTG following by OEJ for gastric carcinoma and took a standard surveillance program. We aimed to characterize a novel complicated disorder observed in these patients to assist treatment and prevention.

resultsFive patients (2.4%) had unusual jejunal limb stricture after LTG and OEJ, occurring at a mean of 10 mo after initial radical LTG. All five patients had disturbed oral intake and marked weight loss, and two had aspiration pneumonia. Various diagnostic modalities and intraoperative findings in each patient revealed an intact anastomosis, bent or tortuous jejunal limb resulting from loose fibrous adhesions on the left crus at the esophageal hiatus and no cancer recurrence. All five patients were successfully treated by reoperation for adhesiolysis, division of the left crus and rearrangement of the jejunal limb.

conclusionDisturbed passage through the jejunal limb near the hiatus can occur after some types of OEJ following LTG. We speculate that it may result from a short remnant esophagus, excessive mobilization of the jejunal limb that permits bending or tortuosity and adhesions on the left crus at the hiatus. Prevention for this complication is possible during the original LTG procedure.

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AdhesiolysisAnastomotic stenosisGastric carcinomaLaparoscopic total gastrectomyOverlapped esophagojejunostomy

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