We performed a retrospective study of the surgical treatment of the gastric adenocarcinoma by a radical total gastrectomy, followed by the reconstruction of the esophagoduodenal path with the interposition of a jejunal pouch. Revision of national and foreign papers related to the treatment of the gastric adenocarcinoma by the radical total gastrectomy was done. According to the operability related to the patient and ressecability related to the primary lesion and its evolution. 126 patients were submitted to an interposition of a jejunal loop following radical total gastrectomy. Total oncological resection of the stomach and systematic technical fqllow-up of the new gastric reservoir and the esophagoduodenal path. Our cases evolued in a satisfactory way, similar to those ones seen in the literature. Special emphasis was taken on the technical procedure. more anatomical and much more functional, giving back to the patient a new stomach and gastrointestinal path through the duodenum. The interposition of a jejunal pouch between the terminal esophagus and the second portion of the duodenum acts like a new gastric reservoir. It avoids the esophageal reflux and transports food and fluids to the small intestine through the duodenum. An anatomic and functional path which may give to the patient submitted to a total gastrectomy a better quality of life.
Stomach neoplasms; Total gastrectomy; Jejunal interposition