title: Remnant-stump gastric cancer following partial gastrectomy.
abstract: Between 1970 and 1990, a total of 2,189 patients with gastric cancer underwent resection in the First Department of Surgery, Kurume University Hospital. Of these, 54 patients had previously undergone a partial gastrectomy. The time interval between the initial partial gastrectomy and the resection of the remnant-stump gastric cancer was more than 10 years in 25 patients and less than 10 years in 29 patients. Those with a time interval of more than 10 years we have termed remnant-stump cancer. The original pathology was a gastric ulcer in 13, a duodenal ulcer in 5, a gastric polyp in 1, and a gastric cancer in 6 patients. Of the 19 patients that had undergone an initial operation for benign disease (Group 1), 15 (79%) patients had received initial reconstruction by B-II and 4 (21%) by B-I. On the other hand, of the 6 patients with an initial operation for gastric cancer (Group 2), 3 (50%) had undergone reconstruction by B-I and the other 3 (50%) had received a B-II procedure. Twenty-three of 25 (92%) remnant-stump gastric cancers underwent total gastrectomy, while the other 2 (8%) were early remnant-stump cancers in the stoma and underwent partial gastrectomy. In group 1, only 5 out of 19 (26.3%) patients are alive, while in group 2 all 6 patients are alive, including the 2 (33.3%) early-stage cancers that were found through periodical endoscopic follow-up examinations.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koufuji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakegawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D004383:Duodenogastric Reflux / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery