University School of Medicine;
Tokyo 105-8461;
Japan;
Department of Surgery;
Asama General Hospital;
Saku 385-0022;
Japan;
Division of Gastroenterological Surgery;
Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital;
Yokohama 240-8555;
Japan;
Department of Surgical Oncology;
Kanazawa Medical School;
Kanazawa 920-0293;
Japan;
Department of Surgery;
International University of Health and Welfare Hospital;
Tochigi 329-2763;
Japan;
Department of Digestive Surgery;
Imamura General Hospital;
Kagoshima 890-0064;
Japan;
Division of Gastric Surgery;
Shizuoka Cancer Center;
Shizuoka 411-8777;
Japan;
Faculty of Letters;
Arts and Sciences;
Waseda University;
Tokyo 169-8050;
Japan;
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery;
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine;
Nagoya 466-8550;
Japan;
Postgastrectomy syndrome; Defecation disorders; Quality of life; Patientreported outcome measures; Gastrectomy;