[Prognostic significance of the ratio of lymph node metastatic in 5-year survival after curative gastrectomy for advanced gastric carcinoma].

Objective: Determine the prognostic significance of metastatic lymph node ratio in 5-year survival of patients after curative distal gastrectomy for advanced gastric carcinoma.

Materials And Methods: This study survival analysis, prospective, observational, longitudinal, analyzed data from 68 patients with resectable advanced gastric adenocarcinoma treated at the Regional Institute of Neoplastic Disease Luis Pinillos Ganoza during the period 2008-2013.

Results: The number of metastatic lymph nodes ranged from 0-29 (mean, 3.

[Impact of infectious postoperative complications in the long term survival of patients gastrectomized for gastric carcinoma with curative intent].

Objective: To determine the impact of postoperative infectious complications in the long term survival of patients gastrectomized for gastric carcinoma with curative intent.

Materials And Methods: The present cohort study evaluated a series of 79 patients diagnosed with resectable advanced gastric carcinoma with curative intent. They were grouped in: Group A (N=28): patients with postoperative infectious complications and Group B (N=51): patients who did not develop postoperative infectious complications.