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. CONCLUSION 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.