[Left upper abdominal quadrant evisceration].

To improve the surgical outcome of patients with advanced gastric cancer, we performed left upper abdominal quadrant evisceration (LUAE), which was introduced by Prof. T. Kajitani in 1980. From 1980 to 1989, 0.2% of 5123 gastric resections performed in the cancer institute Hospital and the National Cancer Center were total gastrectomies, in 4.5% (i.e., 232 patients) LUAE was the operative treatment. The 5-year survival rate of patients who underwent LUAE was 28%. Complications of the operation were 39.6%, other complications occurred in 15.1%. The mortality of patients who underwent LUAE was 2.2%.