[Debut of gastric cancer with brain metastasis: clinical surgical management].

Gastric cancer is one of the most frequent worldwide. Brain metastases from gastric cancer are rare and are diagnosed in less than 1% of patients with gastric cancer. We present the case of a 61-year-old woman with a history of decreased visual acuity, headache, and involuntary movements.

[Primary non-polipoid intestinal folicular lymphoma: case report and review of the literature].

The primary intestinal follicular lymphoma is a rare disease described in the last classification of lymphomas from WHO. It is a localized disease with excellent prognosis. We describe in this article ,a 64 year-old Peruvian female with abdominal pain and delayed vomiting for the last two years, has undergone a partial intestinal resection due to bowel obstruction.

[Relationship between histologic type and location of gastric adenocarcinoma in the Rebagliati Hospital].

Introduction: There is epidemiologic evidence that suggest the relation between the histological type and location of gastric adenocarcinoma. Knowing that there is a predominance of Helicobacter pylori infection in the antral region and this is considered an environmental factor; make us suppose that there is a relation among intestinal type and distal location.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relation among histological type and location of gastric cancer, using the Lauren classification and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association classification.

Successful enteral nutrition in the treatment of esophagojejunal fistula after total gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients.

Background: Esophagojejunal fistula is a serious complication after total gastrectomy in gastric cancer patients. This study describes the successful conservative management in 3 gastric cancer patients with esophagojejunal fistula after total gastrectomy using total enteral nutrition.

Methods: Between January 2004 to December 2008, 588 consecutive patients with a proven diagnosis of gastric cancer were taken to the operation room to try a curative treatment.

[Early gastric cancer surgically treated at Rebagliati Hospital: study of 76 cases during 5 years].

This report describes the characteristics of early gastric cancer surgically treated in the Gastric Cancer Unit at Rebagliati National Hospital between January 2004 and December 2008. Mean age was 68 years; males, distal location, submucosa infiltration and intestinal histological type predominate in these patients. Lymph node involvement was 13%.

[Open submucosal dissection: first case described].

Endoscopic submucosal dissection is a new treatment, basically for the management of early gastric cancer, it is also a good option for large benign lesions if a "una pieza" resection needs to be performed. However this technique requires not only gastroenterologist with proven technical skill, but also some special devices not necessarily disposables in our country. The present paper describes the case of a patient with a large hyperplastic polyp located in the upper third of the stomach who underwent an open endoscopic submucosal dissection to resect the lesion owing to its size and characteristics.

Results of specialization in the surgical treatment of gastric cancer in Peru.

Background: The best results in the surgical treatment of gastric cancer are those obtained by the Japanese surgical school that emphasizes D2 lymphadenectomy as a fundamental principle for obtaining better local control of the disease. However, this technique has not gained wide acceptance in the West, owing to the fact that the results of Japanese studies have not been reproduced frequently in Western countries. In recent years, a series of studies have recommended the centralization of gastric cancer treatment in specialized surgical units in order to obtain results similar to those achieved by Japanese centers.

[Comparative study of D1 and D2 ganglionic dissection in advanced gastric cancer at Rebagliati Hospital].

Gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy is the standard surgical procedure in most hospitals in Peru due to the fact that this Japanese surgical technique has proven to provide the best results in the world. However, no comparative study of the results of D1 and D2 lymphadenectomies has ever been performed in our country. This retrospective cohort study compares D2 lymphadenectomy versus D1 in surgical treatment of gastric cancer.

[Concomitant gastric and pancreatic metastases from renal cell carcinoma: case study].

This report describes the case of a patient who underwent total gastrectomy, splenectomy and pancreatomy corporo-postero as a consequence of gastric and pancreatic metastasis from carcinoma to clear cells, five years after having undergone radical nephrectomy. Upper digestive bleeding was the first symptom, and pancreatic lesion was detected in previous CT scans. There are many documented cases of pancreatic metastasis, but only eight gastric metastasis in the last 15 years, although we did not find reports about surgical treatment for concomitant gastric and pancreatic injury.

[Surgical treatment for gastric cancer in a specialized service: the Rebagliati Hospital experience].

The results of the surgical treatment for gastric cancer within a specialized surgical service in this pathology are described in this work. This system for surgical treatment of gastric cancer is new in our country. The implementation process included prepare a team of surgeons and establish protocols and guides to surgical treatment, based on the recommendations of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association.