title: [Complication rate after gastrectomy and pouch reconstruction with  Longmire interposition].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether a Longmire-Interposition with or without a pouch used for reconstruction after gastrectomy influences the postoperative complication rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  49 patients who underwent gastrectomy with Longmire-Interposition with (n = 33) or without (n = 16) an additional pouch and 46 patients with a Roux-en-Y-reconstruction were analysed retrospectively. Complication rate and mortality were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant differences between the reconstruction groups for postoperative complications (Roux-en-Y vs. Longmire-Interposition with and without pouch: 30.4% vs. 28.6% for the morbidity; 4.3% vs. 4.1% for the mortality).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that a Longmire-Interposition with or without a pouch for reconstruction after total gastrectomy is not connected with a higher morbidity or mortality in comparison to a Roux-en-Y-reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, Charité Campus Mitte, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoksch
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome