title: Laparoscopic gastrectomy: five cases.
abstract: We present the results of five patients who underwent gastrectomy using a laparoscopic technique. All patients had an intracorporeal resection of the antrum followed by an antecolic intracorporeal gastrojejunostomy (Billroth II). Two patients also had bilateral truncal vagotomy, and one had a Roux-en-Y component to the gastrojejunostomy. Indications were (a) intractable ulcer disease in two patients; (b) gastric outlet obstruction due to duodenal ulcer in one; (c) chronic, severe gastrointestinal blood loss from bile reflux gastritis in one; and (d) palliation of a superficial carcinoma in one. Except for one patient who had postoperative gastric atony, there were no complications or operative mortality. Short-term follow-up ranging from 9 to 34 months has revealed one patient with recurrent ulcer symptoms, but the other four have had control of their disease.
authors.affiliation: Olathe Medical Center, Kansas, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome