Results of surgical treatment of advanced gastric cancer: case series with follow-up / Resultados del tratamiento quirúrgico del cáncer gástrico avanzado: serie de casos con seguimiento

SUMMARY: Gastric cancer (CG) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths. The best treatment option for patients with advanced GC (AGC) is still surgery, which involves performing a gastrectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy (D2L). The aim of this study was to determine postoperative morbidity (POM) and 5-year OS in patients resected by AGC without neoadjuvant. Case series with follow-up of patients with AGC undergoing total or subtotal gastrectomies and D2L, consecutively at RedSalud Mayor Temuco Clinic, between 2008 and 2019. The outcome variables were POM and 5-year OS. Other variables of interest were surgical time, number of resected lymph nodes, hospital stay, and recurrence. Descriptive statistics was used, and Kaplan-Meier curves were calculated. In this analysis 38 patients (71.1 % men), with a median age of 65 years, were operated. The most frequent location was subcardial (50.0 %). The most frequent type of resection was total gastrectomy (60.5 %). The median of surgical time, number of resected lymph nodes and hospital stay; was 190 min, 32 and 6 days respectively. MPO was 18.4 %. With a median follow-up of 28 months, a recurrence of 44.7 % was verified; and 5-year OS for stages IIIA, IIIB and IV were 53.3 %, 46.1 % and 20.0 % respectively (p= 0,007). The results achieved, in terms of POM and OS series were similar to national and international series in which neoadjuvant therapies have not been applied.

RESUMEN: El cáncer gástrico (CG) es la segunda causa de muerte por cáncer. La mejor opción terapéutica para pacientes con CG avanzado (CGA), sigue siendo la cirugía, que supone la realización de gastrectomía asociada a linfadenectomía D2 (LD2). El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar morbilidad postoperatoria (MPO) y supervivencia (SV) en pacientes resecados por CGA sin neoadyuvancia. Serie de casos con seguimiento, de pacientes con CGA sometidos a gastrectomía total o subtotal con LD2, de forma consecutiva, en Clínica RedSalud Mayor Temuco, entre 2008 y 2019. Las variables resultado fueron MPO y SV actuarial global (SVAG) a 5 años. Otras variables de interés fueron: tiempo quirúrgico, número de linfonodos resecados, estancia hospitalaria y recurrencia. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva, con medidas de tendencia central y dispersión; y análisis de SV con curvas de Kaplan Meier. Se intervinieron 38 pacientes (71,1 % hombres), con una mediana de edad de 65 años. La localización más frecuente fue subcardial (50,0 %); el tipo de resección más frecuente fue gastrectomía total (60,5 %). Las medianas del tiempo quirúrgico, del número de linfonodos resecados y de estancia hospitalaria; fue 190 min, 32 y 6 días respectivamente. La MPO fue 18,4 %. Con una mediana de seguimiento de 28 meses, se verificó recurrencia de 44,7 %; y SVAG a 5 años para estadios IIIA, IIIB y IV de 53,3%, 46,1 % y 20,0 % respectivamente (p=0,007). Los resultados obtenidos, en términos de MPO, mortalidad y SVAG, fueron similares a series de centros de derivación nacionales e internacionales en los que no se ha aplicado terapias neoadyuvantes.

Significance and Surgical Skill for Lymphadenectomy Around Common Hepatic Artery in Gastric Cancer / 中国普外基础与临床杂志

Objective To investigate the significance and surgical skill for lymphadenectomy around common hepatic artery in gastric cancer.Methods Two hundred and fifty-seven cases with undergoing lymphadenectomy around common hepatic artery in gastric cancer between January 2001 and December 2006 were retrospectively reviewed.Experiences and understanding of dealing with this procedure in curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer were concluded.Results The number of dissected No.8 lymph node was 2.2?1.7,and the positive rate of No.8 lymph node was 30.35%.There were no lymphadenectomy related complications,such as anastomotic leakage,lymphatic fistula and postoperative hemorrhage in this series.Dissection around common hepatic artery lymph nodes along artery intrathecal space,division and ligation of left gastric vein at its root,and sufficient exposure of anatomic structures were important to dissection lymph nodes around the common hepatic artery.The exposure of anatomic structures included liberation of common hepatic artery by traction with the band,and the exposure of posterior side of pancreas by Kocher incision.Conclusion Being familiar with the anatomy around common hepatic artery,careful dissection,and attention to the surgical skill of lymphadenectomy are very important to improve the effectiveness of lymphadenectomy around common hepatic artery in gastric cancer.