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Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction after 2-field Versus 3-field Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Esophageal Cancer

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Purpose

Using an instrument we developed to assess postoperative dysfunction objectively (Surg Today 2005;35:535–42), we compared postoperative dysfunction after 2 - field versus 3 - field lymph node dissection retrospectively, in patents undergoing esophageal cancer surgery.

Methods

Subjects were selected randomly from among patients who had undergone radical surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus followed by reconstruction with a gastric tube and a cervical anastomosis. Patients rated 32 items related to postoperative dysfunction according to a 5-grade scale. Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction was evaluated on the basis of the total score and the scores for seven symptom categories: decreased physical activity, symptoms of reflux, dumping-like syndrome, nausea and vomiting, passage dysfunction, pain, and diarrhea or soft feces.

Results

We studied 42 patients, 22 of whom underwent 2-field lymph node dissection and 20 of whom underwent 3-field dissection. The total gastrointestinal dysfunction score was significantly higher in the 3-field group than in the 2-field group (78.4 ± 14.1 points vs 67.9 ± 16.9 points, P = 0.038). When we analyzed the data according to the symptom categories, the 3-field group had higher scores for decreased physical activity, symptoms of reflux, dumping-like syndrome, nausea and vomiting, and passage dysfunction.

Conclusion

Three-field lymph node dissection was associated with greater postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction than 2-field lymph node dissection. Thus, the preoperative identification of those patients with esophageal cancer who are most likely to benefit from concurrent cervical lymph node dissection is essential.

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  1. Department of Nursing, Jichi Medical University, 3311-159 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan

    Misuzu Nakamura

  2. Division of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-7 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Yoshihiro Kido

  3. Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-159 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan

    Yoshinori Hosoya & Hideo Nagai

  4. Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamiti, Higashinari-ku, Osaka, Japan

    Masahiko Yano

  5. Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suite, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Morito Monden

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Nakamura, M., Kido, Y., Hosoya, Y. et al. Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction after 2-field Versus 3-field Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Esophageal Cancer. Surg Today 37, 379–382 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-006-3413-4

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