BACKGROUND: Subtotal gastrectomy is considered the gold standard treatment for gastric neoplasms localized in the distal and medial thirds of the stomach. Nevertheless, it has been shown that residual neoplasm into the proximal margin is associated to worse prognosis. AIM: To identify factors related to residual neoplasm into the proximal margin determined on pathology examination of patients subjected(Submitted) to subtotal gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma. METHODS: The charts of the patients subjected(Submitted) to subtotal gastrectomy due to gastric adenocarcinoma of the distal and medial thirds were reviewed from January 1998 to December 2007. It was recorded data referred to age, sex, Lauren and Borrmann staging, neoplasm diameter, localization inside the stomach, TNM staging and angiolymphatic invasion. These data were submitted to univariate analysis in relation to residual neoplasm into the proximal margin. RESULTS: A hundread and four cases were included: 34 females and 70 males. The median age was 57±13 years. Twelve patients (12.3%) presented residual neoplasm into the proximal margin. The univariate analysis showed association between only the Borrmann staging and the residual neoplasm. CONCLUSION: Borrmann staging is associated to residual neoplasm into the proximal margin in patients subjected(Submitted) to subtotal gastrectomy for medial and distal thirds gastric adenocarcinoma.
Stomach neoplasms; Adenocarcinoma; Gastrectomy; Neoplasm, residual
