title: [Late follow-up of gastrectomized patients for peptic ulcer: clinical, endoscopic and histopathological aspects].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The gastrectomy is an uncommon procedure because the proton bomb inhibitors associated to the antibiotic outlines used to eradicate the Helicobacter pylori changed the focus of the peptic ulcer treatment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Later evaluation on those patients who underwent partial gastrectomy as a treatment for peptic ulcer, at that time when any drug to eradicate the Helicobacter pylori was not used. The clinical evaluation included the late postoperative symptoms and postgastrectomy syndromes like dumping, diarrhea, alkaline gastritis and nutritional aspects. The upper digestive endoscopy analysed the surgery reconstruction and the gastric stump, the duodenum and the jejunum mucosa aspects. The histopathological evaluation included looking for Helicobacter pylori by using two different methods: histology and urease test.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-nine patients, 44 (74.6%) male, median age 55.5 years old (range from 31 to 77 years old), who underwent a clinical interview and an upper digestive endoscopy. Paraffin blocks from the surgical specimen were reviewed in order to find out if the patients did have or did not have Helicobacter pylori before surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final results show that most of the patients had very good and good clinical evolution (Visick I e II) in 96%. The most common symptoms on late postoperative are mild dyspepsia with or without Helicobacter pylori, and diarrhea, anemia and dumping occurred in, respectively, 11 (18.6%), 2 (3.4%) and 2 (3.4%) cases. The Billroth I reconstruction had the best clinical results on statistical rate. The endoscopic finding showed normal results in the most number of cases, and reflux alkaline gastritis or erosive gastritis in a few cases. Ulcer recurrences were diagnosed in two patients (3.4%), and both had positive Helicobacter pylori. Most of the patients had Helicobacter pylori (86%) before surgery and also in the postoperative time (89.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patients had a very good clinical evolution after the gastrectomy. The Billroth I reconstruction had the best clinical results. The Helicobacter pylori is still present on gastric stump in late postoperative time, and we believe that it does not bring any negative influence to surgical results.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia, Centro de Diagnóstico de Doenças do Aparelho Digestivo-GASTROCENTRO, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP.
authors.forename: João de Souza
authors.initials: Jde S
authors.lastname: Coelho-Neto
authors.forename: Nelson Adami
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Andreollo
authors.forename: Luiz Roberto
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Nancy F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Nelson Ary
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Brandalise
authors.forename: Luiz Sergio
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Leonardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D005763:Gastroenterostomy; D005773:Gastroscopy; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome