Palliative Surgery or Metallic Stent Positioning for Advanced Gastric Cancer: Differences in QOL.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Twenty percent of the patients affected with stage IV antropyloric stomach cancer are hospitalized with a gastric outlet obstruction syndrome (GOOS) requiring its resolution to improve the quality of life (QoL). We present our preliminary short- and mid-term results regarding the influence of endoscopic placement of self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) or open stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy in QoL.

Materials and methods

In this prospective randomized longitudinal cohort trial, we randomly assigned 27 patients affected with stage IV antropyloric stomach cancer into two groups: Group 1 (13 patients) who underwent SEMS positioning and Group 2 (14 patients) in whom open stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy was performed. The Karnofsky performanc

SUBMITTER: Fiori E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8146574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature