title: [The purposefulness of splenectomy as "a matter of principle" during surgery for stomach cancer].
abstract: The findings on radical surgery for gastric tumors T3 and T4 performed in 315 cases were analyzed to evaluate the effects of splenectomy. No influence of splenectomy on short- and long term results was observed. No justification for splenectomy as an operation of principle was found.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Simonov
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Chartorizhskiĭ
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome