Late Effects of Total Gastrectomy in Man

STUDIES on patients who have survived total gastrectomy for three years or more are few, and contradictory results are reported. For this reason and since total gastrectomy is being practiced with rapidly increasing frequency, we have studied intestinal motor function, intestinal absorption, pancreatic function and the blood picture in 3 patients who have survived total gastrectomy for three, five and ten years, respectively.¶Case ReportsCase 1. E. O., a 58-year-old woman, was admitted to the hospital with a history of anorexia, weight loss and vomiting of 3 years' duration. A total gastrectomy with enteroenterostomy was performed on May 28, . . .