Pancreaticoduodenectomy for the surgical treatment of advanced gastric carcinoma / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose:To investigate the choice of surgical therapy for the pancreaticoduodenal region invaded by or involved in stomach carcinoma. Methods:51 patients from Jan. 1981 to Dec. 2000 with stomach carcinoma invaded by or involved in the pancreaticoduodenal region were analyzed retrospectively. Results:All patients were primary stomach carcinoma, the operative methods of stomach carcinoma included subtotal gastrectomy (Group SG,n=29), radical Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Group PD,n=11),gastrojejunostomy (n=8) and tumour’s biopsy (n=3). In group PD, one-,and three-year survival rates was 63.6% and 36.4%, in group SG, it was 17.2% and 3.4%. The survival rate of group PD was markedly better than that of group SG respectively (P