gastrectomy

Preposition: in

• patient: Is there a role for palliative gastrectomy in patients with Stage IV gastric cancer.

Converse of object

• undergo: Between 1979 and 1995, 574 patients with gastric cancer underwent gastrectomies in our department.
• perform: On 1 October a consultant surgeon performed a subtotal gastrectomy ( surgical removal of part of the stomach ).

Preposition: for

• cancer: The authors present their experience with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer.

Adjective modifier

• palliative: The aims of palliative gastrectomy are often to enable oral food intake, stop bleeding or relieve pain.
• partial: The first Billroth I partial gastrectomy was performed on a 43 year old woman in 1881 for a pyloric gastric cancer.
• total: If a total gastrectomy is being performed for a more proximal tumor then this sequence of events can be changed.
• radical: The authors present their experience with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer.
• laparoscopic: The authors present their experience with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer.
• distal: Following subtotal distal gastrectomy functional long-term results might be generally better in comparison to total gastrectomy.

Noun used with modifier

• subtotal: On 1 October a consultant surgeon performed a subtotal gastrectomy ( surgical removal of part of the stomach ).