title: [The value and limits of subtotal gastrectomy in gastric cancer].
abstract: In the interval 1970-1988, in 321 of 670 patients with gastric neoplasm admitted to the 1st Surgical Clinic of Iaşi a subtotal gastrectomy was performed. Most patients were males (68.9%), more commonly aged between 50 and 70 years and in advanced evolutive stages. The gastric neoplasm were sited in order of frequency in the antrum (46.9%), body of the stomach (34.6%), eso-cardio-tuberosity (11.5%), linitis (4%), gastric stump and malignant ulcer (3%). Surgery was possible in only 59% of the cases (25% curative and 34.1% palliative). The surgical technique and its difficulties are detailed. In the 321 subtotal gastric resections 20 complications, 4 deaths (1.2%) and 20% survivals over 5 years were recorded. It is concluded that radioendoscopic and microscopic investigations, with their possibility of an early diagnosis, may cause a limitation of the indications of total gastric resection in the treatment of gastric neoplasm in favour a subtotal resection, more satisfactory from the functional viewpoint.
authors.affiliation: Clinica I-a chirurgie, Institutul de Mediciná si Farmacie Iaşi.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chifan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Strat
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tîrcoveanu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Georgescu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dănilă
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cotea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Valoarea şi limitele gastrectomiei subtotale în cancerul gastric.