title: [Palliative interventions].
abstract: The German Gastric Cancer TNM Study included 1335 patients, of whom 657 (49.2%) underwent palliative surgery. The rate of resection was 50.6%. Postoperative complications occurred twice as often after palliative resectional surgery than after non-resectional procedures. In contrast, operative mortality rates did not differ. The median time of survival was 3 months after non-resectional procedures and 11 months after palliative resections. A considerable restriction of the quality of life occurred 2-3 months before death in both patient groups. Therefore, patients with non-resectional surgery hardly profit from the operation.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Freiburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stützer
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Farthmann
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Palliative Eingriffe.