title: Gastric carcinoma: 5 years survival after gastric surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Islamic International Medical College Trust Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: Muhammad Iqbal
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Muhammad Tariq
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Baqai
authors.forename: Murtaza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bukhari
authors.forename: Ramiz Iqbal
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Hashmi
mesh_terms: 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