Anesthesia and distant results of surgical treatment in patients with stomach cancer

Based on the study of the late results of surgical treatment in 373 patients with gastric cancer, subjected to radical subtotal gastrectomy, it was found that a group of patients operated under fluothane anesthesia shows the highest survival rate. As evidenced by the authors' findings the use of ether narcosis results in 16--27% reduction of yearly survival during the first five years. The most poor results were noted in a group of patients operated under neuroleptanalgesia.