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Some patients with these operations still suffer from gastric stasis, however. In this study, we aimed to examine the clinical effects of rikkunshito on patients who were to undergo PPG.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 11 patients who were scheduled to undergo PPG for early gastric cancer at the Osaka University Hospital were enrolled. The patients were randomly assigned to the crossover study with and without rikkunshito 7.5\u00a0g\/day. Questionnaires and emptying tests using <jats:sup>111<\/jats:sup>In\u2010labeled liquid scintigraphy and <jats:sup>99m<\/jats:sup>Tc\u2010labeled solid scintigraphy were performed at the end of each treatment period.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Stasis\u2010related symptoms were significantly reduced during rikkunshito treatment (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.043). 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