[Surgical treatment of esophageal cancer and gastric cancer in relation to a questionnaire on the daily lives of the patients].
A questionnaire on the daily life was mailed to patients who had undergone esophagectomy and retrosternal esophagogastrostomy. Replies came from 29 patients. Employment of the patients was 66%. However 97% of the patients could go out and enjoy their own ordinary lives. Replies of questionnaires came from 66 patients aged 70 and over who had undergone gastrectomy. Employment of the patients who had worked before operation, was decreased, 60%. However, 88% of the patients could go out and enjoy their own ordinary lives.
1st Dept. of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
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D004651:Employment; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004946:Esophagostomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D011788:Quality of Life; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires