[Randomized control study of medical adhesive products decreasing postoperative abdominal effusion in patients with gastric cancer].

Objective: To determine the value of medical adhesive products for decreasing abdominal effusion after clearing up lymph nodes in patients with gastric cancer.

Methods: Seventy patients with gastric cancer and undergoing D(2 ) or D(2 )(+) radical excision were randomly divided into group A and B based on envelope method from June 2002 to December 2003. In group A (n=35),medical adhesive products was dripped on the retroperitoneal regions where perigastric lymph nodes were cleared up, while not in group B(n=35).