The cause and prevention of positive stump in gastric cancer / 临床外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the cause and preventive measure of positive stump in gastric cancer.Method The clinical data of 426 patients with residual cancer after resection of gastric cancer were retrospectively analyzed.Result In these cases 37(8.7%,37/426) were found to have residual cancers at the margin of resection.Conclusion The incidence of residual cancer at the cut edge is closely related to gross type,size of cancer,tumor stage and degree of differentiation.