Is gastric remnant cancer clinically different from primary gastric cancer?
There was no difference in clinical behavior of resected gastric remnant cancer from other gastric carcinoma. Since most of the tumors were detected too late to be resected, early detection is the only way to increase the resection rate and improve the survival. Annual endoscopic surveillance after gastrectomy was recommended for early detection.
CT is a poor substitute for physical examination, the gold standard, in assessment of septal deviation. Clinical decisions about pursuit of septoplasty or third-party payors' decisions to approve septoplasty should not be made on radiographic evidence.