Gastric carcinoma: 5 years survival after gastric surgery.
OBJECTIVE
To study the five years survival rate after resection for gastric carcinoma.


METHODS
Fifty six patients with gastric carcinoma in different stages were followed up for 5 years after gastric surgery to see recurrence, complications and survival rate.


RESULTS
Of the 56 patients, 6 underwent total gastrectomy, 50 partial gastrectomy, 7 Billroth I and 43 modified DI resection with Billroth II reconstruction. Six patients were alive at the end of 5th year, 3 with early gastric carcinoma and 3 with locally advanced carcinoma. Mortality was 17 patients in the first year, 10 in second year, 8 in third year, 3 in fourth year and 1 in the fifth year.


CONCLUSIONS
Gastric carcinoma carries a bad prognosis. The 5-year survival rate in our series was 13.3% [corrected] Efforts should be made to diagnose and treat these patients at an early stage.
Khan
Muhammad Iqbal
MI
Department of Surgery, Islamic International Medical College Trust Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi.
Baqai
Muhammad Tariq
MT
Bukhari
Murtaza
M
Hashmi
Ramiz Iqbal
RI
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010154:Pakistan; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors