BACKGROUND: Total gastrectomy in gastric cancer is a procedure not without early and late complications and type of reconstruction of the digestive tract to be used is still a controversial issue in literature. AIM: To describe a modified Rosanov technique after total gastrectomy, employed with the aim of minimizing the intestinal malabsorption and other complications following this procedure. METHOD: Technical modification is not to hold distal ligature on jejuno-duodenal anastomosis, thereby offering to the food transit two routes by the duodenum and by the jejunum. RESULTS: There were no complications and the initial series showed a benefit in the nutritional aspects after six months of postoperative follow-up. CONCLUSION: It is a simple technique and preliminary results with its use were very satisfactory, although other clinical studies must be conducted to demonstrate the advantages of the technique in the long term.
Gastric neoplasm; Surgery; Malabsorption
