title: [The appreciation and limitation of regional gastrectomy for early gastric cancer].
abstract: We performed limited surgical treatments, including modified radical gastrectomy (D1+ alpha) for 7 patients, segmental gastrectomy for 9 patients and regional gastrectomy for 13 patients from September 1999 to December 2004. Eligibility criteria were as follows: 1) mucosal gastric cancer without an ulcer and/or scar; 2) contraindication to EMR; 3) located at M or L area; 4) negative for lymph node metastasis in clinical and surgical findings. Regional gastrectomy, especially in the patients whose gastric cancer located at the side of greater curvature, improved postoperative remnant gastric function according to the average of half-emptying times determined by RI scintigraphy, endoscopic examination and so on. However, the accuracy of mucosal cancer without lymph node metastasis in clinical and surgical findings was 69% and there was a patient with recurrence of lymph node after regional gastrectomy. These limited surgical treatments were thought to be limited due to more careful diagnosis as to sentinel lymph node navigation surgery in the future.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Sakai Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatsuta
authors.forename: Tomono
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome