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Colorectal Cancer Treatment by Dr. Deepak Govil

An adhesive omental band can be disastrous

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Young female patient presented with central abd pain. CT showed thickened ileal loop with proximal dilatation and this is what we found.

Total gastrectomy for signet ring or poorly differntiated ca antral region stomach

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We recommend that for a distal gastric tumour which on histopath is a signet ring ca or  poorly differentiated ca we should go ahead with a total gastrectomy as they have a sub mucosal spread. If one feels that distal radical gastrectomy is sufficient then should always do frozen section examination of margins.