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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2020 Mar 7;251:168–179. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.02.005

Table 4:

Postgastrectomy Reconstruction

Author Year Design N Groups Superior Group Metric HRQOL Global Symptom Items
Pouch Reconstruction
Fuchs (82) 1995 RCT 106 JI with pouch
Hunt-Lawrence pouch
ND Spitzer Index
Visick grade
ND ND
Gioffre’Florio (81) 2000 RCT 41 Double J-pouch
Hunt-Lawrence pouch
Double-J pouch Visick grade Visick
Horvath (78) 2001 RCT 46 Aboral pouch
Roux-en-Y
Aboral Pouch GIQLI GIQLI Meals/day
Hoksch (83) 2002 RCT 48 JI with pouch (7 cm)
JI with pouch (15 cm)
JI no pouch
ND EORTC QLQ-C30 STO22 ND ND
Fein (79) 2008 RCT 138 Hunt-Lawrence pouch
Roux-en-Y
HL-pouch GIQLI GIQLI (1-5 years)
Zonca(80) 2017 RCT 72 JI with pouch
Roux-en-Y
Interposition with pouch GIQLI GIQLI
Roux-en-Y versus Billroth
Montesani (85) 2002 RCT 45 B-I
B-II
Roux-en-Y
ND GIQLI ND ND
Takiguchi (30) 2012 RCT 332 B-I
Roux-en-Y
Roux-en-Y EORTC QLQ-C30 DAUGS20 ND Dyspnea, reflux
Lee (89) 2012 RCT 159 B-I
B-II Braun
Roux-en-Y
ND GIQLI ND ND
Nakamura (56) 2016 RCT 122 B-I
Roux-en-Y
B-I FACT-Ga ND Fullness, diarrhea, fatigue
Yang (91) 2017 RCT 140 B-I
Roux-en-Y
Roux-en-Y EORTC QLQ-C30 STO22 Roux-en-Y Reflux, pain
So(86) 2018 RCT 162 B-II
Roux-en-Y
ND EORTC QLQ-C30 ND ND

ND = No difference

JI = jejunal interposition