From: Emergency presentation of the gastric cancer; prognosis and implications for service planning
N = 291 | Presentation | ||||
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Elective | Acute | ||||
Number of patients | % | Number of patients | % | ||
Type of operation | None | 109 | 37.5 | 13 | 30.9 |
Total gastrectomy | 61 | 20.9 | 4 | 9.5 | |
Distal gastrectomy | 69 | 23.7 | 16 | 38 | |
Gastro-jejunostomy | 1 | 0.3 | 6 | 14.3 | |
Laparotomy/laparoscopy | 8 | 2.7 | 3 | 7.1 | |
Local excision | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 249 | 42 |