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01.11.2005 | Invited Commentary
Invited Commentary
verfasst von:
Michael Sarr
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 11/2005
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Excerpt
At risk of being called an “expert”,
1 I will offer my thoughts on this well-carried out prospective study. The question of type of gastrointestinal reconstruction often arises after gastrectomy. Old, now “debunked” dogma tended to mandate that a Billroth I (B-I) was contraindicated after antrectomy for gastric cancer, because local recurrence might lead to re-obstruction. Well, dogma is meant to be debunked, when appropriate, and we should lay that dogma to rest. …