What should I pay attention to when having my stomach removed for gastric cancer

The most common treatment for gastric cancer is resection. However, how long can the patient live after resection and what should be paid attention to are all things that patients and their families must know clearly. Treatment is only a process, and post-treatment care is more important. Please see the following introduction:

What should we do if the cancer spreads after removal? Using surgery to remove the cancerous tumor is the most common, effective and best way to treat cancer. In fact, the stomach is just a storage organ, and its function is to digest the acidic gastric juice.
Because the stomach accepts a lot of food, there will be a lot of bacteria. The absorption of nutrients in the food is completed by the intestines. If the patient can chew slowly when eating, then the entire digestion process can be completed even without a stomach. Therefore, the removal of the stomach of patients with advanced gastric cancer has no effect on their survival time.
Precautions before resection of advanced gastric cancer: Wash the stomach with warm saline every night for three days before surgery, which can reduce inflammation and mucosal edema, and help the healing of gastrointestinal anastomosis after surgery and prevent wound infection. Elderly patients with advanced gastric cancer need to have their cardiopulmonary function checked before surgery. When the cancer is on the gastric body or greater curvature of the stomach, and it is estimated that there is a possibility of resection of part of the transverse colon, intestinal preparation must be made before surgery. Patients with advanced gastric cancer will experience symptoms such as malnutrition, anemia, and dehydration.
How long can you live after gastric cancer resection? What are the precautions? During laparotomy, the principles of treating tumors should be strictly followed. That is, start from a distance and finally check the primary site. Do not squeeze or touch the tumor randomly to avoid increasing the chance of tumor spread. During resection, cut at least 5 cm away from the tumor at the normal stomach wall.
When the jejunum replaces the stomach, the intestinal loop should not be tense. When separating the jejunal mesentery, pay attention to retaining the mesenteric vascular arch to avoid intestinal necrosis and anastomotic leakage. When the jejunum and esophagus are anastomosed, the transverse colon mesentery tear must be sutured. Therefore, proper preparation is required before the operation, and small amounts of blood transfusions are performed multiple times to correct anemia and hypoproteinemia. Patients with advanced gastric cancer complicated by pyloric obstruction will have water and electrolyte disorders, which must be corrected.