Koki Nakanishi1, Mitsuro Kanda2, Seiji Ito3, Yoshinari Mochizuki4, Hitoshi Teramoto5, Kiyoshi Ishigure6, Toshifumi Murai7, Takahiro Asada8, Akiharu Ishiyama9, Hidenobu Matsushita10, Dai Shimizu1, Chie Tanaka1, Daisuke Kobayashi1, Michitaka Fujiwara1, Kenta Murotani11, Yasuhiro Kodera1. 1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. 2. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery (Surgery II), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. m-kanda@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp. 3. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan. 4. Department of Surgery, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan. 5. Department of Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, Yokkaichi, Japan. 6. Department of Surgery, Konan Kosei Hospital, Konan, Japan. 7. Department of Surgery, Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital, Ichinomiya, Japan. 8. Department of Surgery, Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital, Tajimi, Japan. 9. Department of Surgery, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki, Japan. 10. Department of Surgery, Tosei General Hospital, Seto, Japan. 11. Biostatistics Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Few well-controlled studies have compared postoperative complications between Billroth I (B-I) and Roux-en-Y (R-Y). The aim of the present study was to compare the incidence of overall and severe postoperative complications by reconstruction method after distal gastrectomy. METHODS: We performed a multi-institutional dataset study of patients who underwent distal gastrectomy with B-I or R-Y reconstruction from 2010 to 2014. Using propensity scores to strictly balance the significant variables, we compared postoperative complications between the techniques. RESULTS: After matching, we enrolled 1014 patients (n = 507 in each group). The incidence of postoperative complications in the R-Y group was significantly higher vs the B-I group (29% vs 17%, P < 0.0001). The incidence of intra-abdominal abscess (4.3% vs 1.8%, P = 0.0177), bowel obstruction (2.6% vs 0.6%, P = 0.0203), and delayed gastric emptying (5.3% vs 1.0%, P < 0.0001) in the R-Y group was significantly higher vs the B-I group, respectively; we saw no significant difference in leakage (3.4% vs 4.1%, P = 0.5084). The incidence of grade ≥ III severe postoperative complications in the R-Y group was significantly higher vs the B-I group (13% vs 7.1%, P = 0.0013). Multivariable analysis showed that R-Y reconstruction was a strong independent risk factor for overall postoperative complications (odds ratio 1.58, P = 0.0044) and grade ≥ III severe postoperative complications (odds ratio 1.75, P = 0.0127). A forest plot revealed that R-Y reconstruction was associated with a greater risk of both overall and grade ≥ III severe postoperative complications in any subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: R-Y reconstruction was associated with increasing overall postoperative complications, as well as severe postoperative complications.
BACKGROUND: Few well-controlled studies have compared postoperative complications between Billroth I (B-I) and Roux-en-Y (R-Y). The aim of the present study was to compare the incidence of overall and severe postoperative complications by reconstruction method after distal gastrectomy. METHODS: We performed a multi-institutional dataset study of patients who underwent distal gastrectomy with B-I or R-Y reconstruction from 2010 to 2014. Using propensity scores to strictly balance the significant variables, we compared postoperative complications between the techniques. RESULTS: After matching, we enrolled 1014 patients (n = 507 in each group). The incidence of postoperative complications in the R-Y group was significantly higher vs the B-I group (29% vs 17%, P < 0.0001). The incidence of intra-abdominal abscess (4.3% vs 1.8%, P = 0.0177), bowel obstruction (2.6% vs 0.6%, P = 0.0203), and delayed gastric emptying (5.3% vs 1.0%, P < 0.0001) in the R-Y group was significantly higher vs the B-I group, respectively; we saw no significant difference in leakage (3.4% vs 4.1%, P = 0.5084). The incidence of grade ≥ III severe postoperative complications in the R-Y group was significantly higher vs the B-I group (13% vs 7.1%, P = 0.0013). Multivariable analysis showed that R-Y reconstruction was a strong independent risk factor for overall postoperative complications (odds ratio 1.58, P = 0.0044) and grade ≥ III severe postoperative complications (odds ratio 1.75, P = 0.0127). A forest plot revealed that R-Y reconstruction was associated with a greater risk of both overall and grade ≥ III severe postoperative complications in any subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: R-Y reconstruction was associated with increasing overall postoperative complications, as well as severe postoperative complications.