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gastrectomy
Indications:
- gastric cancer
- partial gastrectomy for duodenal ulcer
- gastric ulcer refractory to medical therapy
Laboratory:
- monitor serum vitamin B12 in patients who have had proximal or total gastrectomy
Special laboratory:
- lifelong surveillance with upper GI endoscopy for recurrence in patients with partial gastrectomy due to gastric cancer [2]
Complications:
1) increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis
2) increased risk of vitamin B12 deficiency
3) dumping syndrome
4) blind loop syndrome
Specific
Bilroth 1
Bilroth 2
pyloric antrectomy
sleeve gastrectomy
General
gastrointestinal surgery (GI surgery)
abdominal surgery
surgical resection (excision)
References
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 792
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14, 15, 18.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006, 2009, 2018.