[Comparative assessment of surgical interventions for cancer of the distal part of the stomach].

The author has analyzed the nearest and long-term results of treatment of 260 patients operated on by the Billroth-I method and 220 patients operated on by the Billroth-II method. It was found that after the Billroth-I resection the frequency of disease of the operated stomach was less, the other indices such as postoperative lethality rate, complications, survival up to 10 years, had no substantial difference.