A tubeless recovery strategy after laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy was associated with a shorter hospital stay and better early quality of life in selected non-high-risk patients.
- In this prospective, nonrandomized study, mean stay was 6.0 vs 7.3 days among 205 patients.
- Early complication rates did not increase; quality-of-life scores favored tubeless care on postoperative days 1 and 3.
The findings support feasibility with strict surgical quality control, not routine use in higher-risk patients. The study could not rule out rare serious complications.
Journal Article by Zhang G, Zhou H (…) Jiao Z et 12 al. in Surg Endosc
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