[Surgical experience of cancer of the resected stomach]

The results of surgical treatment of 40 cases of cancer developing in the gastric stump were analysed. 97.5% of patients were operated on; 41% underwent radical surgery and 20.5%--palliative resection. Postoperative mortality in the radical surgery groups was 43.7%, and 50% in the other group. 12.5% of the radically--operated patients survived over 5 years. Moreover, pathogenetic patterns of the disease as well as optimal terms for starting regular postoperative follow-up are discussed.