The influence of the preoperative thickness of the abdominal cavity on the gastrojejunal anatomic position and delayed gastric emptying after pancreatoduodenectomy

We aimed to investigate the hypothesis that preoperative thickness of the abdominal cavity influenced on the gastrojejunostomy position and the incidence of delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after pancreatoduodenectomy.Between January 2009 and December 2018, consecutive patients who underwent subtotal stomach-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy were retrospectively reviewed. Thickness of the abdominal cavity at the level of the celiac axis (TACC) and...