Self-expandable metal stents in patients with postoperative delayed gastric emptying after distal gastrectomy

Figure 1 Delayed gastric emptying fourteen days after subtotal gastrectomy. A: Food is retained in the remnant stomach because of passage delay at the anastomotic site; B: An endoscope is passed through the anastomotic site; C: On gastroscopy, a patent lumen with edematous mucosa is observed on the efferent loop side; D: Despite the patency of the E-loop, delayed gastrojejunal passage is seen on upper gastrointestinal series.