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Multivisceral Resections in Advanced Gastric Cancer-Case Report
Author(s): Răzvan Marius Ion, Mircea Mureșan, Daniela Sala, Simona Mureșan, Alexandra Scurtu and Radu Mircea NeagoeRăzvan Marius Ion, Mircea Mureșan, Daniela Sala, Simona Mureșan, Alexandra Scurtu and Radu Mircea Neagoe
Background: Gastric cancer is an important cause of death in worldwide, despite the progress achieved through screening programs. Multivisceral resections are dictated by R0 resection gold, but also by the histopathological type of the neoplasm involved.
Case report: A 64-year-old patient was admitted in Surgery department for epigastric abdominal pain, haematemesis, anorexia, weight loss. Superior digestive endoscopy revealed a reduced stomach in size, inextensible at insufflation, with a malignant ulceration, unresponsive to proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment. The clinical and endoscopic context required surgery and intraoperative it was detected a tumor block that includes the stomach, transverse colon, spleen and pancreas, undergoing total gastrectomy, distal spleno-pancreatectomy, subtotal colectomy with eso-jejunal anastomosis on Y Rou.. Read More»
DOI:
10.7438/1584-9341-13-4-6
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