Improving outcomes in gastric cancer surgery

Juul Jeanne Wilhelmus Tegels

doi:10.26481/dis.20190118jt

Improving outcomes in gastric cancer surgery

Juul Jeanne Wilhelmus Tegels

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Abstract

This dissertation aimed to improve aspects of surgical care for gastric cancer. Firstly, vulnerability and nutritional status proved to be important predictors of surgical complications and death after surgery. Secondly, a CT revealed significant loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) in roughly two-thirds of gastric cancer patients. Keyhole surgery did not appear to be more expensive than conventional open surgery. Finally, gastric cancer patients appeared to have more symptoms in the years after surgery (pain, fatigue, nausea), but did not consider their overall quality of life to be lower than that of healthy people.

Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Maastricht University
Supervisors/Advisors	Dejong, Kees, Supervisor Stoot, J. H. M. B., Co-Supervisor, External person
Award date	18 Jan 2019
Place of Publication	Maastricht
Publisher	Maastricht University
Print ISBNs	9789463234597
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20190118jt
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Gastric cancer
surgical care
Complications
loss of muscle mass
Symptoms

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