Gastrectomy in a Community Hospital

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Abstract
THIS report is an evaluation of the results of gastrectomy in one surgeon's practice in a community hospital (Addison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, Massachusetts) since 1946.Although this procedure is now widely used, and the literature contains many papers on its various aspects,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 no studies regarding its results in community hospitals have been noted. The subject is not static, for mortality and morbidity attend its use and its indications and many technical problems receive wide attention in the published articles.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 In addition, the comparative results of gastrectomy and vagotomy in duodenal ulcer continue to be closely scrutinized.6 , 10 It seems highly desirable, . . .