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  • Title: A new surgical technique (left upper abdominal evisceration) for advanced carcinoma of the gastric stump.
    Author: Yonemura Y, Sugiyama K, Fujimura T, Kamata T, Sawa T, Takashima T, Ninomiya I, Fonseca L, Tsugawa K, Matsumoto H.
    Journal: Hepatogastroenterology; 1994 Apr; 41(2):130-3. PubMed ID: 8056399.
    Abstract:
    In spite of recent advances in the early diagnosis of gastric cancer by mass screening, gastric stump cancers following gastrectomy are still diagnosed at a highly advanced stage, and the surgical results remain very poor. Involvement of the fourth level lymph node stations, local peritoneal carcinomatosis and tumor growth invading the neighboring organs are frequently observed in advanced stump cancers. With the aim of achieving complete resection of these tumors, left upper abdominal evisceration (LUAE) + R4 gastrectomy was performed in 29 patients (Group B) with stump cancer as a radical surgical procedure. The survival of these patients was compared with that of 74 patients (Group A) who underwent total gastrectomy with or without pancreaticosplenectomy. Duration of surgery blood loss, and incidence of postoperative complications were similar with the two methods. When the survival rates were compared, the 5-year-survival rate in stage IV cases was higher for Group B than for Group A. LUAE + R4 gastrectomy is a rational technique for the surgical treatment of stage IV gastric stump cancer.
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