title: Near-total gastrectomy.
abstract: Total gastrectomy has more frequent and serious postoperative complications than subtotal gastrectomy. An esophago-gastric stoma with a side-to-side anastomosis permits a near-total gastrectomy to be undertaken with virtually the same results as a total gastrectomy. This procedure is used for early gastric cancers that have widely spreading, single or multiple lesions, or lesions near the esophago-gastric junction, and for the cure or palliative resection of selected patients with advanced gastric cancer.
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques