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Living Without your Stomach

It sounds impossible but health experts say it’s possible to live without your stomach. Dr. Mark Bloomston, a surgical oncologist on staff at Lee Memorial Health System, says patients who have their stomach removed can live a normal life. “It’s probably actually one of the more common procedures we do for stomach cancer.” It’s called a gastrostomy. The surgical procedure removes the patient’s entire stomach. Dr. Bloomston says while it’s unclear what causes stomach cancer there are about 26,000 cases diagnosed every year. “It’s a cancer that forms from the glands that line the inner lining of the stomach.” To ensure they remove all the cancer, surgeons remove the stomach and replace it with the intestine. “So the intestine if you think of it as a long tube. We divide part of that tube and bring the segment up to the esophagus, where the swallowing tube enters into the stomach,” said Dr. Bloomston. The intestine now acts as the new stomach. After surgery, patients start off with a soft diet mostly liquids before slowly transitioning to larger quantities. “Over time it will adapt, it will stretch a little bit so that you can eat more quantities at one time. It will deliver the food to the rest of the intestines for normal digestion,” said Dr. Bloomston. While the procedure is a dramatic operation, it’s a safe operation where patients typically do very well afterward. “It’s one of the operations where patients will get completely back to normal,” said Dr. Bloomston. A year after surgery patient’s bodies adapt to the new stomach and they are able to eat normally with few limitations. View More Health Matters video segments at leememorial.org/healthmatters/ Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, FL is the largest network of medical care facilities in Southwest Florida and is highly respected for its expertise, innovation and quality of care. For nearly a century, we’ve been providing our community with everything from primary care treatment to highly specialized care services and robotic assisted surgeries. Visit leememorial.org