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

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

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 regard...

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Main Authors: Enrico Fiori, Daniele Crocetti, Paolo Sapienza, Roberto Cirocchi, Antonio V. Sterpetti, Michelangelo Miccini, Marcello Accordino, Silvano Costi, Pierfrancesco Lapolla, Andrea Mingoli, Giorgio De Toma, Antonietta Lamazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
gastric cancer
stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy
stent positioning
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/5/428

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