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Going to the doctor because of indigestion, suddenly discovered stomach cancer

Left: stomach is distended, small tumor is found (in circle). Right side: undistended stomach. Photo: BVCC

Feeling indigestion recently, the male patient went to Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital for a checkup. At the end, the patient was indicated for gastroscopy, the results showed that in the upright part of the small curvature of the body, there was a tumor 3cm in diameter. After biopsy of the tumor and pathology, it was found that the patient had gastric cancer in the body region.

Doctor Le Huy Luu, in charge of the Department of Gastroenterology, Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital, assessed that although the diameter is quite large, the depth of the stomach wall is not much. Doctors of the Department of Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, and Radiology have consulted and used computed tomography to accurately assess the tumor location. The special procedure used is an imaging with the stomach inflated with water.

With this special procedure, Dr. Luu said that the stomach wall would be stretched, erased the folds of the gastric mucosa, helping the stomach tumor to be easily detected and limit confusion; accurately indicate the location of the tumor as well as determine the distance from the tumor to the junction of the stomach and the esophagus.

“This is very important information in assessing the patient’s ability to save part of the stomach or force the entire stomach to be removed,” said Dr. Liu.

After the results were obtained, the patient underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy. During surgery, the patient was endoscopically both inside the stomach and outside the abdomen to accurately measure the distance from the tumor to the intended site of surgery.

“The surgery was successful, met the safety standards in terms of cancer and still preserved a part of the upper stomach. The patient recovered very quickly with the digestive function not significantly affected, The post-operative pathology results also show that it is safe in terms of cancer,” said Dr.


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