Management of intestinal obstruction after gastrectomy for carcinoma

✍ Scribed by Mr. Y. Nakane; S. Okumura; K. Akehira; S. Okamura; T. Boku; T. Okusa

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 108 KB
• Volume: 83
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830136

✦ Synopsis

Intestinal obstruction after operation for gastrointestinal cancer may be due to postoperative adhesions, a focal, potentially resectable, malignant deposit or diffuse carcinomatosis'-*. It is commonly assumed that the obstruction is due to advanced malignancy and that death is inevitable.

This study aimed to determine the benefits of further surgical treatment in terms of quality of life in patients who presented with intestinal obstruction following operation for primary gastric cancer.