title: [The gastrostoma in esophageal cancer: complications and the times and causes of fatal outcomes].
abstract: Data of esophageal cancer patients autopsies for 1977-1986 were collected from hospitals of Leningrad and Petrozavodsk and subjected to analysis. Gastrostomy had been carried out in 255 out of 847 (29.1%) cases studied. 83.4% of the operated patients died within one month whereas only 2.1% survived over one year. The majority of patients were evidently operated too late in the course of disease. 148 (58.1%) operated cases died due to progression and the other 107 (41.9%) died of complications of the surgical procedure and postoperative period, mainly pneumonia and peritonitis. 106 cases of the latter group died during the first month following gastrostomy.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Nekachalov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Samsonov
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Andreeva
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Fedorova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002423:Cause of Death; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Gastrostoma pri rake pishchevoda: oslozhneniia, sroki i prichiny letal'nykh iskhodov.