[Surgical treatment of patients with stomach cancer and severe concomitant cardio-vascular pathology].

51 patients with gastric cancer and severe concomitant ischemic heart disease (90.2%), valvular heart disease (5.9%), critical stenosis of the internal carotid artery (2%) or abdominal aortic aneurism (2%) were operated on during 1995-2011yy. Of them men were 41, women - 10; mean age was 65.1 years (51-82). The first stage of gastric cancer was diagnosed in 18 (35.3%) of patients, second, third and fourth in 12 (23.5%), 17 (33.3%) and 4 (7.8%), respectively. Radical tumor resection was achieved in 37 (72.5%), palliative operations were performed in 13 (25.5%) patients. 17.6% of patients were operated on stomach and vessels simultaneously. 82.4% received the stepwise treatment. Intra- and postoperative complications were registered in 47.1% (24 of 51 patients); of whom 5.9% (3 patients) ended lethally. Simultaneous operations showed the 55.6% complications and zero lethality rate, whereas stepwise treatment resulted in 45.2% complications and 7.1% lethality.