Role of gastric bypass in patients with unresectable advanced carcinoma of stomach

Abstract

Context Role of bypass as a palliative surgery for advanced gastric cancer remains controversial.Aims To determine the role of bypass in advanced gastric cancer in comparision to resection as gold standard.Design Hospital-based retrospective outcome as study.Methods Patients were divided into three groups: group I (gastric resection), group II (bypass) and group III (exploratory laparotomy alone). The three groups were analysed for palliation of symptoms, operative morbidity and mortality and survival.Statistical analysis used Chi-square, Fischer, One-way Anova, Unpaired-t, Kaplan-Meier analysis.