[How to master the clinical study on digestive tract reconstruction in gastric cancer surgery]

Digestive tract reconstruction is extremely important during gastric cancer surgery, which is related to long-tern quality of life of patients. The selection of reconstruction methods and the application of reconstruction techniques are major topics in the field of reconstruction-related study of gastric cancer surgery. The clinical research on digestive tract reconstruction needs to be designed and implemented scientifically to comprehensively evaluate the impact of reconstruction methods on surgical safety, long-term survival outcomes, short- and long-term changes in quality of life, endoscopic mucosal changes and postoperative nutritional status. In addition, health economic analysis is also important and should be considered in reconstruction-related studies. In brief, selection of appropriate gastrointestinal reconstruction methods based on individual characteristics of each gastric cancer patients may be an important direction of clinical trials in the future.