TY - JOUR T1 - Postoperative Nutrition Status of Patients With Esophago-gastric Junction Cancer With Gastric Tube or Esophago-gastric Reconstruction JF - Anticancer Research JO - Anticancer Res SP - 3645 LP - 3652 DO - 10.21873/anticanres.15853 VL - 42 IS - 7 AU - KAZUYA TAKABATAKE AU - HIROTAKA KONISHI AU - TAKESHI KUBOTA AU - ATSUSHI SHIOZAKI AU - HITOSHI FUJIWARA AU - TAKUMA OHASHI AU - TOMOHIRO ARITA AU - HIROKI SHIMIZU AU - YUSUKE YAMAMOTO AU - RYO MORIMURA AU - HISASHI IKOMA AU - YOSHIAKI KURIU AU - KAZUMA OKAMOTO AU - EIGO OTSUJI Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/42/7/3645.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: Postoperative nutritional management for esophago-gastric junction cancer (EGJC) has become increasingly important. This study compared the nutritional status of patients with EGJC who underwent gastric tube reconstruction versus esophago-gastric anastomosis. Patients and Methods: Mediastinoscopic esophagectomy with gastric tube reconstruction was performed in 17 cases (group GT) and laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy with esophago-gastric anastomosis in 33 cases (group EG). The perioperative characteristics and nutritional status of the two groups in the 2 years postoperatively were compared. Results: Group GT had a significantly higher level of serum total protein at 24 months postoperatively than did group EG. No other significant differences in postoperative nutritional status were observed between the groups. Conclusion: Gastric tube reconstruction for EGJC was not inferior to esophago-gastric anastomosis in terms of nutritional status. It is a candidate surgical procedure to avoid higher mediastinal anastomosis. ER -