[Recurrences of the gastric carcinoma after surgery (author's transl)].

A series of 71 patients with recurrences of gastric carcinoma after operation is reviewed. The most frequent localization is the gastric bed (48 cases , 67.6%) while the local recurrences is less frequent (22 cases, 30.9%) and usually the esophago-cardial junction is affected. In one patient both the local recurrence and that of the gastric bed were present. The radiologic investigation was negative in about 60% of the patients because it is not useful for a correct examination of the gastric bed. In any case it must be considered essential for the study of the local recurrences and for the evaluation of the post operative anatomic patterns.