title: [Functional results of an operation for forming an "artificial stomach" after gastrectomy and subtotal distal resection of the stomach].
abstract: The operations of plastic substitution of the resected stomach with a transplant of the jejunum were fulfilled in 81 patients. The aim of the operations was to establish the natural passage through the duodenum. Of 55 able-bodied patients 31 returned to their regular work, 14 patients changed their work to easier. An investigation of the main parameters of metabolism and of the questionnaires distributed among the patients have shown a high level of the "quality of life" of the patients operated upon at later terms after operations. The involvement of the duodenum in digestion due to the jejunal plasty of the resected stomach made the disorders of digestion rarer, improved the quality of life of the patients at later terms after operation, thus promoting their social and labor rehabilitation.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Zherlov
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Koshel'
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001187:Artificial Organs; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*