[Clinico-statistical evaluation study of the quality of life after gastrectomies for cancer].

The study compares the quality of post-operatory life after total gastrectomy with that after subtotal gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma. The routine use of "de principe" total gastrectomy remains controversial. Most surgeons believe that the routine use of it increases both postoperative morbidity and mortality and also the nutritional deficiencies, without improving the 5-year survival rate.