Repair of epigastric incisional hernia

✍ Scribed by Donald Young

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1961
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 288 KB
• Volume: 48
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18004821109

✦ Synopsis

liable to carcinoma than those who had it for a duodenal ulcer.

preceding gastric operation is difficult and easily missed. The possibility must always be kept in much help and encouragement. mind, especially when symptoms recur after a long silent period. Dysphagia may be due to peptic oesophagitis or to an early carcinoma. h z m i a is may also be the first sign of a new lesion. A weight record should be kept as a matter Of routine and any unexplained loss of weight should be taken seriously.

Acknowledgements.-I would like to thank the surgical staff of The London Hospital for permission The diagnosis of gastric carcinoma after a to analyse their cases. My special thanks are due to