[Immediate outcome of gastrectomy with different variants of esophago-intestinal anastomosis]

Analysis of the results of 4 main types of esophago-intestinal anastomosis in 386 patients with gastric carcinoma showed G. V. Bondar's modification of end-loop anastomosis to be the simplest and most reliable method for introduction into wide surgical practice. In this type of anastomosis, insufficiency of the sutures occurred in 6% of 249 cases, the total fatality was 8.8%. The authors suggest 2 variants of gastroplasty operations which are marked by good functional outcomes but may be used in a limited number of patients because of relatively high death rates (12.1%).