Gastric stump carcinoma after distal subtotal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer: experience of 541 patients with long-term follow-up

• Published in: The American journal of surgery Vol. 209; no. 6; pp. 1063 - 1068
• Main Authors: Morgagni, Paolo, M.D, Gardini, Andrea, M.D, Marrelli, Daniele, M.D, Vittimberga, Giovanni, M.D, Marchet, Alberto, M.D, de Manzoni, Giovanni, M.D, Di Cosmo, Maria Antonietta, M.D, Rossi, Gian Maria, M.D, Garcea, Domenico, M.D, Roviello, Franco, M.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; Deaths; Distal subtotal gastrectomy; Early gastric cancer; Endoscopy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrectomy - methods; Gastric cancer; Gastric Stump; Gastric stump carcinoma; Gastroenterostomy - methods; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Long-term follow-up; Lymphatic system; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate analysis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Stomach Neoplasms - epidemiology; Stomach Neoplasms - surgery; Studies; Surgery; Survival analysis; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; Gastric stump carcinoma; Long-term follow-up; Early gastric cancer; Distal subtotal gastrectomy

Abstract Background Gastric stump carcinoma (GSC) has been studied after primary gastrectomy for benign disease but few studies have evaluated its correlation with gastric cancer. Patients We assessed 541 patients submitted to subtotal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer at least 15 years ago. Resu...