Stomach cancer historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omer Kamal, M.D.[2] Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[3]
Overview
Overview
John Jones was the first to perform a gastric resection in animals. In 1881, Billroth’s first human surgery. In 1897, Schlatter has done the first esophago-enterostomy after gastrectomy. Between 1884 to 1929, Finney’s and Rienhoff were the first to perform partial gastrectomy showing less side effects and less mortality rates.
Gastric cancer historical perspective
Gastric cancer historical perspective
- Around 1800, Dr. John Jones was the first to perform a gastric resection in animals [1]
- In 1881, Billroth’s performed the first human gastric surgery [2]
- In 1885, Billroth developed a second resection method. He used anterior gastro-enterostomy that was called Billroth II operation[3]
- In 1897, Schlatter has done the first esophago-enterostomy after gastrectomy[4]
- In 1898, a successful gastrectomy was performed on a patient without any complications by Mcdonald.[5]
- Gastric cancer was the most common cancer in 1990 In 1990[6]
- Between 1884 to 1929, Finney’s and Rienhoff were the first to perform partial gastrectomy showing fewer side effects and fewer mortality rates[7]
- In 1940s, Coller, Kay, and McIntyre published a study of all regional lymph nodes[8]
- Between November 1950 and January 1953, Sunderland et al. studied lymph node metastasis associated with gastric cancer[9]
References
References
- ↑ Jones RC (April 2004). “History of the Department of Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center”. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 17 (2): 130–67. PMC 1200650. PMID 16200098.
- ↑ Pach R, Orzel-Nowak A, Scully T (2008). “Ludwik Rydygier–contributor to modern surgery”. Gastric Cancer. 11 (4): 187–91. doi:10.1007/s10120-008-0482-7. PMID 19132478.
- ↑ Aldini NN (1995). “The first Billroth II gastric resection as reported by an Italian medical journal”. Gesnerus. 52 (3–4): 290–302. PMID 8851060.
- ↑ Santoro R, Ettorre GM, Santoro E (October 2014). “Subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer”. World J. Gastroenterol. 20 (38): 13667–80. doi:10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13667. PMC 4194551. PMID 25320505.
- ↑ ROBINSON JO (December 1960). “The history of gastric surgery”. Postgrad Med J. 36: 706–13. PMC 2482051. PMID 13742310.
- ↑ Parkin DM, Pisani P, Ferlay J (March 1999). “Estimates of the worldwide incidence of 25 major cancers in 1990”. Int. J. Cancer. 80 (6): 827–41. PMID 10074914.
- ↑ McConville SR, Crookes PF (January 2007). “The history of gastric surgery: the contribution of the Belfast School”. Ulster Med J. 76 (1): 31–6. PMC 1940305. PMID 17288303.
- ↑ Ueno H, Mochizuki H, Hashiguchi Y, Hase K (August 2001). “Prognostic determinants of patients with lateral nodal involvement by rectal cancer”. Ann. Surg. 234 (2): 190–7. PMC 1422005. PMID 11505064.
- ↑ Smith JW, Shiu MH, Kelsey L, Brennan MF (December 1991). “Morbidity of radical lymphadenectomy in the curative resection of gastric carcinoma”. Arch Surg. 126 (12): 1469–73. PMID 1842175.
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