title: Roux-en-Y reconstruction for severe postoperative duodenogastric reflux disease.
abstract: Thirty-two patients underwent Roux-en-Y diversion because of symptomatic postoperative duodenogastric reflux. Operative mortality was nil, but eight patients had transiently delayed gastric emptying postoperatively. At follow-up 45 months (range 9-89 months) after the Roux-en-Y operation 28 (88%) patients were in good clinical state; four patients were classified as poor. The main cause for a poor clinical outcome was a stomal ulcer in three patients. Atrophic gastritis was seen in the operative specimens of 22 patients. Severity of gastritis evaluated by gastroscopic biopsies at follow-up was less marked in 16 patients as compared to the histology of the samples from the original operation (P less than 0.001). Intestinal metaplasia had regressed in nine cases and proceeded in three cases (NS). Severe postoperative duodenogastric reflux can be treated by the Roux-en-Y reconstruction with good subjective relief of symptoms and beneficial histologic changes in the gastric stump mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ovaska
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Havia
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuttila
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ekfors
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lempinen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D004383:Duodenogastric Reflux / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*