Gastric cancer in pregnancy: is laparoscopic gastrectomy with lymph node dissection feasible and safe?.
10.4174/astr.2017.92.1.51
- Author:
Amer Saeed ALSHAHRANI
1
;
Moon Won YOO
Author Information
1. Division of Stomach Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. medigang@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Stomach neoplasms;
Pregnancy;
Laparoscopy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Fetus;
Gastrectomy*;
Humans;
Laparoscopy;
Lymph Node Excision*;
Lymph Nodes*;
Mothers;
Postoperative Complications;
Pregnancy*;
Pregnant Women;
Stomach Neoplasms*
- From:Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
2017;92(1):51-53
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Gastric cancer with pregnancy is rare and usually presents in late and advanced stage. Standard interventions in diagnosing, staging and treatment of cancer may be harmful for the fetus. The treatment of cancer in pregnancy should not differ significantly from the treatment in nonpregnant women. There have been case reports of open gastrectomy for gastric cancer in pregnancy. We present a case of early gastric cancer in a 37-year-old pregnant woman treated with laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection with no postoperative complications. Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection seems to be feasible and safe in pregnancy for a mother and a fetus.
