Propensity-score-matched analysis of a multi-institutional dataset to compare postoperative complications between Billroth I and Roux-en-Y reconstructions after distal gastrectomy.
Koki NakanishiMitsuro KandaSeiji ItoYoshinari MochizukiHitoshi TeramotoKiyoshi IshigureToshifumi MuraiTakahiro AsadaAkiharu IshiyamaHidenobu MatsushitaDai ShimizuChie TanakaDaisuke KobayashiMichitaka FujiwaraKenta MurotaniYasuhiro KoderaPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2020)
R-Y reconstruction was associated with increasing overall postoperative complications, as well as severe postoperative complications.