For gastric cancer in Japan, reconstruction techniques after distal gastrectomy have
been by either Billroth I (B-I) or Billroth II (B-II), but Roux-en-Y (R-Y) reconstruction
is performed increasingly to prevent duodenogastric reflux (DGR).
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