Diagnosis and treatment of postoperative bleeding in patients after gastrectomy: a retrospective case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are significant differences in terms of the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations between intra- and extra-luminal bleeding, and it is also difficult to determine the reasonable management of the bleeding. This study is to analyze the clinical characteristics of postoperative bleeding in gastric cancer, and to explore the management of postoperative intra-intestinal and extra-intestinal bleeding.

Methods

We collected the clinical data of 2,978 patients with gastric cancer from the Department of Surgery, Fujian Cancer Hospital, from May 2014 to September 2019. A total gastrectomy or a distal or proximal subtotal gastrectomy with regional lymph node dissection (D1+ or D2) was included. The clinic data and management of both early (postoperative days ≤6 d

SUBMITTER: Shen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10007958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature