[Inoperable carcinoma of the stomach in exploratory laparotomy]

For the last few years we made 52 exploratory laparotomies. All the patients were treated clinically, through laboratories, with X-rays, and for a while ago by means of gastroscopy. A radical surgical operation was planned for each of them we made radical operation in 12 cases only, and 14 GEA. For all others we made pure exploratory laparotomy with probatory excision. Considering such inauspicious results, it is necessary to give maximum consideration to early detected gastric cancer. In a matter of critical age persons after 40, the attention must be referred to anamnestically suspect cases. For this purpose, the early detailed treatment by the latest diagnostic methods must be done. If in such treated cases there is even the smallest doubt of a malignant process, it is needful not to abstain from diagnostic exploratory laparotomy.