Incidence, risk factors, recovery duration, and prognostic implications of gastroparesis following radical distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a large retrospective cohort study

Age, smoking history, operative time, intraoperative blood transfusion, tumor differentiation, and neoadjuvant therapy were independent risk factors for PGS after RDG. Notably, a greater distance from cardia to anastomosis was significantly associated with prolonged recovery time of PGS. Furthermore, longer PGS recovery time independently predicted poorer OS, highlighting the significance of early intervention for PGS.