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[Palliative interventions].

R Kirchner·H Stützer·E H Farthmann
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The German Gastric Cancer TNM Study included 1335 patients, of whom 657 (49.2%) underwent palliative surgery. The rate of resection was 50.6%. Postoperative complications occurred twice as often after palliative resectional surgery than after non-resectional procedures. In contrast, operative mortality rates did not differ. The median time of survival was 3 months after non-resectional procedures and 11 months after palliative resections. A considerable restriction of the quality of life occurred 2-3 months before death in both patient groups. Therefore, patients with non-resectional surgery hardly profit from the operation.

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R Kirchner, H Stützer, E H Farthmann. 1992. [Palliative interventions].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1283537/

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