In these two cases of gastric cancer, endoscopic resection can be considered! better prognosis
Modern people are stressed, living environment is deteriorating, and the incidence of cancer is also increasing. Among them, gastric cancer is the most common cancer problem in Chinese. For the treatment of gastric cancer, the most effective treatment method at present is to perform surgical resection of the gastric cancer site. However, with the progress and development of medical technology, the methods of surgery have also been improved, such as gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Endoscopic resection can already be performed. This surgical method can not only help patients recover after surgery and improve prognosis, but also is a very good surgical method. So under what circumstances is gastric cancer resection suitable for operation under the microscope? What precautions should be taken when performing endoscopic resection of gastric cancer tumors?
Two types of gastric cancer can be considered for endoscopic resection
patients with early gastric cancer. When can endoscopic resection be performed? This is mainly related to the stage of gastric cancer. The development of gastric cancer can be divided into four stages. The first stage of gastric cancer is early gastric cancer. In this stage, gastric cancer has just appeared, and its location is relatively limited and has not yet appeared. In the case of metastasis or local invasion, the second and third stages belong to advanced gastric cancer, and submucosal infiltration can occur to different degrees; the fourth stage belongs to advanced gastric cancer, and endoscopic resection cannot generally be performed. In general, early gastric cancer, that is, first-stage gastric cancer, is suitable for endoscopic resection. The lesion site of second-stage gastric cancer may become larger. If it is still confined to the submucosa, endoscopic resection can still be used.
Elderly and infirm persons who are not suitable for general anesthesia. The traditional gastrectomy for gastric cancer requires opening the abdominal cavity, so the patient needs to be treated with general anesthesia. However, some elderly people with poor cardiovascular function and older people cannot tolerate surgical anesthesia, and such patients can choose endoscopic gastric cancer resection.
What precautions should the patient pay attention to when performing endoscopic resection of cancer tissue?
Make a meal plan before and after surgery. It is generally required that you need to eat on the day after the operation, and you can drink a small amount of water. You can only eat fluid food and then semi-fluid food for the next two days. You can resume normal diet after no abnormal reaction for more than six days.
After endoscopic resection of gastric cancer, you should pay attention to rest, avoid strenuous exercise and physical activity within half a month, which will inevitably lead to serious consequences of wound bleeding. You can usually do some relatively gentle small-scale exercise.
Maintain a good state of mind and emotions. A good state of mind and emotions help to regulate the body's endocrine, enhance the body's resistance, and promote postoperative recovery.
Adhere to medication or other follow-up treatments as prescribed by your doctor. Generally, after endoscopic resection of gastric cancer, oral drugs are given for a period of time, and these drugs can help patients with wound recovery.
Keep in touch with your doctor and have regular follow-up visits. If you find any uncomfortable symptoms after the operation, you must respond to the doctor as soon as possible. The follow-up after the operation is usually carried out in the first, June, and December of the first year, and once a year after one year, the patient needs to go to the hospital for a gastroscopic examination. The recovery of the wound and the postoperative treatment of gastric cancer were determined, and those with no local recurrence after two years could be considered cured.