PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY FOR GASTRIC CARCINOMA: RECOVERY

Gastric mucosa after partial gastrectomy.

A partial gastrectomy of Billroth I or II type was performed in a series of 146 patients with peptic ulcer. Gastric biopsy was carried out two years later and the histology of the specimens compared with that of the body mucosa at the time of operation. In 138 patients without body atrophic gastritis (AG) before operation this condition was found in 74 (54%) two years after (46% of DU patient...

Laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma treatment.

Laparoscopic surgery of the stomach is not well accepted in patients with malignant disease. This paper shows the first experiences with this procedure at the Clinical Hospital and Medical School, Split, in two patients with early stage gastric carcinoma. The first patient was a 57 year old man who had had some gastric symptoms for a while. The other patient was a 73 year old man who had ulcer ...

Gastric intrinsic factor secretion after partial gastrectomy.

Partial gastrectomy and subsequent gastric cancer risk.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to analyse the relationship between partial gastrectomy and gastric cancer risk. DESIGN This was a case control study, using a structured questionnaire to obtain problem orientated medical history and sociodemographic data. SETTING The study was conducted in a network of hospitals in the Greater Milan area between January 1985 and February 1990. SUBJECTS Subjec...

Acute on Chronic Jejuno-gastric Intussusception following Partial Gastrectomy.

Case Report In 1943 Mr. G. A. S. had an antecolic valved Hofmeister partial gastrectomy performed for a high posterior wall gastric ulcer. The operation stood him in good stead for many years but after I 2 years he had an attack of epigastric pain lasting an hour and in the following year he suddenly got another attack after drinking one-and-a-half pints of beer. The pain lasted all night and i...