MANEJO QUIRÚRGICO DEL CÁNCER GÁSTRICO, EN PACIENTES DEL HOSPITAL ION SOLCA – GUAYAQUIL. 2014-2015.

Abstract

Gastric cancer is a pathology that worldwide is the second cause in men and the fifth in women in developing countries. At the country level, the incidence of gastric cancer is in line with international data, and the mortality rate for both men and women in our country is among the highest. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the surgical management of patients diagnosed with gastric cancer at the ION Solca Guayaquil Hospital during the period from January 2014 to December 2015. METHODOLOGY: It was carried out with a quantitative approach, a cross - sectional analytical study was carried out, in a non - experimental field, with retrospective data. With a non-probabilistic sample for convenience, comprised of 129 participants. RESULTS: A subtotal gastrectomy was performed in 52% of the patients, with the Braun type intestinal shunt being the most used in 62% of the cases. CONCLUSIONS: The most frequent postoperative complication is operative site infection in 25 patients, 61% of the cases being treated were already diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease, and the most frequent type of gastric cancer is The intestinal type adenocarcinoma with 52% of frequency.