title: Postoperative functioning of the remaining stomach after pyloric sphincter preserving gastrectomy.
abstract: Pyloric sphincter preserving gastrectomy (SPG) has been used in 120 cases and the results were compared with those obtained in 73 cases who underwent the Billroth-I operation (B-I). No significant differences were observed in postoperative complications or anastomotic dysfunction. SPG patients, however, showed a longer gastric emptying time than the B-I patients, whereas the B-I patients showed a markedly greater increase in duodenogastric reflux than the SPG patients.
mesh_terms: D001830:Body Surface Area; D004386:Duodenum / Q000503:physiopathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000378:metabolism; D005756:Gastritis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011708:Pylorus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery