Stomach Cancer Surgery

Surgery is mostly used method for the stomach cancer treatment. Stomach cancer can be treated through two types of surgeries that include partial gastrectomy and total gastrectomy. Surgery is necessary to remove the tumor when it blocks the open space in stomach. If the surgery fails to remove cancer tumor, then endoscopic laser surgery, endoluminal stent placement or electrocautery is used to remove the stomach cancer. However, this treatment depends upon the spread of cancer in the stomach.

Stomach cancer surgery includes the removal of some of the parts of stomach and the lymph nodes surrounding the tumor, as this helps to remove the cancer cells and retains the number of healthy cells. The pancreas is also removed when the cancer cells are spread in that part of the body. Surgical treatment is used in the more than 30% of the stomach cancer cases and in the cases of metastasis.

Two Types of Surgery

There are two major types of surgeries available for the treatment of stomach cancer. These two types are:

• Partial Gastrectomy

  This surgery is also called subtotal gastrectomy. It includes the removal of the following parts:

  • The affected part of the stomach
  • Affected lymph nodes and tissues
  • Small intestine's part or esophagus
  • The spleen that is located at the upper abdomen. This filters the old cells from blood. If this spleen is affected by the cancer cells, it needs to be removed.

• Total Gastrectomy

  This surgery also includes the removal of some parts from body as in the partial gastrectomy. After removal of the spleen, the surgeon can connect the esophagus to the small intestine. The tissues are taken from the intestine to make new "stomach".

  If the cancer cannot be removed with the help of these two standard types of surgeries, then the following treatments are used for stomach cancer: endoscopic laser surgery, electrocautery and endoluminal stent placement.

Diet After Stomach Cancer Surgery

It is necessary to maintain good diet after the stomach cancer surgery. It is because some factors affect the health of the patient. First, sometimes the surgeon may use small intestine to provide enough nutrition by placing the feeding tube into it. Second, the patient loses weight after surgery, and he or she needs to change the daily food.

Each individual differ in the recovery period after the stomach cancer surgery. Hence, the plan of pain relief must be discussed with the doctor before the surgery. Patients may experience weakness and diarrhea after the surgery. These problems can be controlled with the medicines and dietary changes.

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