J Korean Surg Soc.  1998 Dec;55(Suppl):1004-1010.

Comparative Study of the Manual and Stapled Anastomosis in Patients Undergoing a Billroth I Gastrectomy for Carcinoma of the Stomach

• Min SJ
• Lee MS
• Baek MJ
• Kim CH
• Song OP
• Cho MS

Abstract

BACKGROUND
: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Billroth I method using an EEA stapler is safe, reliable, and easy-to-use for treatment of gastric cancer compared with a distal gastrectomy with conventional manual anastomosis.
METHODS
: A prospective comparative study was performed between forty patients with EEA stapling and thirty patients with manual suturing during gastroduodenostomies performed during the past three years with respect to operation time, diameter of anastomosis, postoperative clinical course, and post operative complications.
RESULTS
: The operation time was significantly shortened by about 50 minutes on the average, in the cases where the EEA stapler was used (p<0.001). On postoperative hypotonic duodenography, the diameter of the anastomosis was significantly larger in the cases where the EEA stapler was used (p< 0.001). However, the postoperative clinical course showed no difference between the two groups. Complications, such as anastomotic stenosis and anastomotic leak age were noted only in the cases where manual suturing was used.
CONCLUSIONS
: A gastroduodenostomy using the EEA stapler might be a faster, simpler and safer pro cedure compared with the gastroduodenostomy using the conventional manual anastomosis.

Keyword

Stomach cancer; Gastroduodenostomy; EEA stapler

MeSH Terms

Anastomotic Leak
Bezafibrate
Constriction, Pathologic
Gastrectomy*
Gastroenterostomy*
Humans
Prospective Studies
Stomach Neoplasms
Stomach*
Bezafibrate