title: [Home care of patients with advanced terminal cancer who had improved QOL after undergoing gastrostomy for gastrointestinal obstruction caused by peritonitis carcinomatosa].
abstract: Patients with gastrointestinal obstruction caused by peritonitis carcinomatosa suffer from chronic nausea, abdominal distension and inability to ingest food. Patients can receive home care only in rare cases. We performed a gastrostomy for the purpose of reducing gastrointestinal pressure in three patients with gastrointestinal obstruction caused by peritonitis carcinomatosa. The three patients had decreased mental and physical suffering and were able to be discharged from the hospital. We report the efficacy of gastrostomy because of the improvements in the three patients QOL at home.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Kureha General Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Midorikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karube
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hongou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oyake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sukegawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Endoh
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sagara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications*; D011788:Quality of Life