BACKGROUND/AIMS: We reviewed postoperative courses of @entity1 with @entity356 who underwent gastrectomy to evaluate the need for routine postoperative gastrointestinal decompression. METHODOLOGY: Three hundred @entity1 who underwent gastrectomy during 1998 and 1999 were enrolled in this study. A nasogastric tube was placed in all @entity1 just after induction of the anesthesia. The @entity1 were divided into two groups, 150 @entity1 for each. In group 1, the nasogastric tube was maintained until the passage of flatus per rectum. In group 2, the nasogastric tube was removed immediately after the operation. RESULTS: The return of bowel function, return to a diet and postoperative length of hospital stay were similar in both groups. In group 1, only one @entity1 (0.7%) had @entity1661 and no @entity1 vomited, while four @entity1 (2.7%) had @entity1661 and one @entity1 (0.7%) vomited in group 2. There were no significant differences in the incidence of @entity1576 , @entity834 and wound complications between the two groups. @entity204 was rare, with the incidence of 0.7% in each group. There was a significantly high incidence of @entity1 's discomfort in group 1. The major complaint was sore throat and it caused @entity25 when severe. CONCLUSIONS: It is desirable to insert a nasogastric tube while the @entity1 is in the anesthetized state and keep it during operation and remove it immediately after operation, when no active @entity548 is detected.

Reevaluation of routine gastrointestinal decompression after gastrectomy for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity834 :: ('MESH:D057868', 'Disease') :: ['anastomotic leakage'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['bleeding'] @entity25 :: ('MESH:D012893', 'Disease') :: ['sleep disturbance'] @entity1661 :: ('MESH:D000008', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal distension'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory complications'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['Postoperative death'] @entity356 :: ('MESH:D013274', 'Disease') :: ['gastric cancer']
@entity356 :: (MESH:D013274,Disease) :: ['gastric cancer']
