title: Extended radical surgery against gastric cancer: low complication and high survival rates.
abstract: The present study examines survival benefits for 338 gastric cancer patients from radical surgical treatments, including radical lymphadenectomy of group 3 nodes and combined resection of infiltrated adjacent organs. Curative surgery, with no detectable residual tumor, was possible for 236 patients (69.8%). The radical surgical approach was constant in execution, with 330 of the 338 patients (97.6%) being operated upon by the same surgeon. The remaining patients were operated upon in a similarly radical manner which always included a lymphadenectomy of the N-3 region. Anastomotic leakage was observed in seven patients (3.0%). The postoperative mortality rate was 4.8% for total gastrectomy cases and 3.3% for subtotal gastrectomy cases. The actuarial five-year survival rate for patients receiving curative surgery was 50.0%. These low complication and high survival rates support the concept of extended radical surgery for gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brueder, St. Veint/Glan, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jatzko
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lisborg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klimpfinger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Denk
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate