ReasonsanalysisandtreatmentoftheanastomoticleakageafterradicalgastrectomyLIUWen-taoYANMin.DepartmentofGeneralSurgery,RuijinHospital,ShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity,ShanghaiInstituteofDigestiveSurgery,Shanghai200025,ChinaCorrespondingauthor:YANMin,E-mail:ymrjym@yahoo.com.cnAbstractPostoperativecomplicationsareimportantfactorsofthedeathafterradicalgastrectomy.Anastomoticleakageisaseverepostoperativecomplication,whichiscausedbymanyreasons.Properpreoperativepreventivemeasures,appropriatechoiceofsurgicalprocedureandeffectivepostoperativetherapyarethemainkeystoreducethemortalitycausedbyanastomoticleakage.Keywordsradicalgastrectomy;anastomoticleakage··284··285··286