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- Title
Presentation and Immediate Outcome of Surgical Treatment of Patients with Carcinoma of the Stomach -- A Comparative Study between Young and Elderly patients.
- Authors
Chowdhury, S. A.; Hussain, M. M.; Ahmed, J.
- Abstract
Carcinoma of the stomach is a common malignancy and have a high mortality. Incidence under the age of 45 is comparatively low but appear more aggressive then elderly group. This study was designed to describe the presentation and operative findings in the two groups of patients and to record the outcome of surgical management in these patients. A total of 86 cases were included in this study. 14 were from below 40 years (young group) and 72 were above 40 years (elderly group). Young patients had less definitive symptoms than elderly group. Pain (85.71%) and vomiting (78%) were the most prominent symptoms in both the groups. But in elderly a significant number 54(75%) of cases had anorexia. Lump and visible peristalsis were present in both groups in approximately similar proportion. Histopathologically younger patients had more aggressive disease than the elderly group.
- Subjects
STOMACH cancer; CANCER patients; GASTRECTOMY; STOMACH surgery; DISEASE incidence; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PAIN management; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians & Surgeons, 2010, Vol 28, Issue 3, p145
- ISSN
1015-0870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3329/jbcps.v28i3.6507