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Prospective randomized trial comparing Billroth I and Billroth II procedures for carcinoma of the gastric antrum.

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1996

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B Charetoń, S. Landen, D. Manganas, Bernard Meunier, B Launois
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Abstract

Digestive comfort and long-term survival are similar after Billroth I and Billroth II gastrectomy for carcinoma. Billroth I gastrectomy is associated with an increased risk of fistula development and of recurrence of carcinoma at the hepatic pedicle.