[Combined operations for cancer of the proximal portion and body of the stomach].

For many years the authors have been using the upper transverse extensive laparotomy in operations for carcinoma of the proximal part and body of the stomach. 201 radical operations have been performed, 89 of them being of a combined type. In carcinoma of the proximal part and body of the stomach the combined operations total 44,2%, in almost half of the patients the pancreas being resected. The five-year survival of the observed patients made up 21,9%. The combined operations were performed on 8 patients with the IV stage of gastric carcinoma. Four of them survived for more than a year, two for more than three years and two are still alive (over 12 years).