Cancer of the gastric stump
Orcalli, F.; Pozzani, M.; Bano, A.; Delaini, G.; Montresor, E.
Chirurgia Italiana 30(6): 690-697
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4773 PMID: 380830 Document Number: 124702
On the evidence of 24 cases of cancer of the gastric stump the authors discuss the real incidence of this dread complication; they conclude that starting 8 years after primary surgery, all patients carrying a gastric stump must be regarded as high-risk subjects for malignancy; further, they recommend that pyloro-gastrectomy after Billroth (II) be considered for execution in young patients with all possible reluctance.