title: [Total gastrectomy for gastric neoplasms].
abstract: In spite of the decreasing incidence of gastric carcinoma, as it is reported in recent reports from the U.S.A., total gastrectomy and its surgical indications results and complications, focus the interest of surgeons. We analize 61 cases of total gastrectomy for carcinoma, treated in the years 1982-1992. Perioperative mortality and long term survival appear highly satisfactory, mainly if one considers that the site and extension of the neoplasms treated would have severely impaired the possibilities of cure or long term survival with surgery of lesser momentum. We believe that nowaday indications for total gastrectomy can be widened in the hope of improving results of gastric cancer surgery with no or little additional risk.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Taschieri
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rovati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pisacreta
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Danelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lesma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cristaldi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tommaso
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurihara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Riflessioni sulla nostra esperienza nella gastrectomia totale per neoplasia.