Effects of rikkunshito, a kampo medicine, on quality of life after proximal gastrectomy

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 575-580

  Gunji, Shutaro ^a   Ueda, Shugo ^a   Yoshida, Masahiro ^a   Kanai, Michiyuki ^a   Terajima, Hiroaki ^a   Takabayashi, Arimichi ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating; Ghrelin; Postgastrectomy syndrome; Proximal gastrectomy; Quality of life; Rikkunshito; Scale

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GHRELIN; KAMPO; RIKKUNSHITO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIU-JUN-ZI-TANG; LIU JUN ZI TANG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM RATING SCALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL GASTRECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH CANCER; BLOOD; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROMES; PROCEDURES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROME; RIKKUNSHITO; STOMACH TUMOR;

AGED; APPETITE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM RATING SCALE; GHRELIN; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROME; PROXIMAL GASTRECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIKKUNSHITO;

EID: 84891709511     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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