TOTAL OMENTECTOMY IN GASTRIC CANCER SURGERY: IS IT ALWAYS NECESSARY?

Leandro Cardoso Barchi,Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos,Andre Roncon Dias,Osmar Kenji Yagi,Ulysses Ribeiro-Junior,Bruno Zilberstein,Ivan Cecconello

TOTAL OMENTECTOMY IN GASTRIC CANCER SURGERY: IS IT ALWAYS NECESSARY?

2019

Leandro Cardoso Barchi
Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille Ramos
Andre Roncon Dias
Osmar Kenji Yagi
Ulysses Ribeiro-Junior
Bruno Zilberstein
Ivan Cecconello

Background: Traditionally, total omentectomy is performed along with gastric resection and extended lymphadenectomy in gastric cancer (GC) surgery. However, solid evidences regarding its oncologic benefit is still scarce.

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Cancer
Total omentectomy
Medicine
Surgery
Gastroenterology
Lymph
Lymph node
Greater omentum
Adenocarcinoma
Peritoneum
Gastric Neoplasm
Internal medicine
Gastrectomy

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