[Advanced gastric carcinoma in the proximal third and half of the stomach: clinical and pathological characteristics and survival prognosis factors].

Purpose: To identify the clinical and pathological characteristics and prognosis factors for five-year survival in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma in the proximal third and half of the stomach undergoing gastrectomy with limited and extended lymphadectomy.

Material And Methods: This retrospective study analyzed information from 39 patients with histological diagnosis of advanced gastric adenocarcinoma in the upper third and half of the stomach (U-M) who underwent gastrectomy with limited (D0-D1) and extended (D2-D3) lymphadectomy at the Belén Hospital in Trujillo between January 1, 1966 and December 31, 2000.

Results: The mean age of the U-M group was 55.

[Five-year survival prognosis factors in patients with resectable advanced serosa exposed gastric carcinoma].

Purpose: To identify the main five-year survival prognosis factors in patients with resectable advanced serosa exposed gastric carcinoma, who have undergone radical gastric resection with limited and extended lymphadenectomy.

Material And Methods: This retrospective study examined 137 patients with resectable advanced serosa exposed gastric carcinoma, in the Belén Hospital, Trujillo, Peru, between 1991 and 2000.

Results: The average age of the total series was 58.

[SMALL BOWELL LIPOMA CAUSING INTUSSUSCEPTION IN AN ADULT].

Primary or metastatic neoplasms of the small bowel are rare. The most common cause of intestinal intussusceptionin adults are tumors of the small bowel. The intraluminal lesion alters the normal peristalsis of the intestine and permits the displacement of the proximal intestine to the interior of a segment of the distal intestine generally fixed.