Early Recovery After Gastric Cancer Surgery

Study preparation * To progress this prospective study, the investigators analyzed the retrospective data of 426 patients who had been managed with conventional critical pathway after gastric cancer surgery during last 1 year. * Through this retrospective analysis, we decided the inclusion criteria which showed significantly the lower complication rate and shorter hospital stay. Method for Prospective study * Patients who enroll in this prospective study are administered and are supplied a liquid diet one day before surgery without bowel preparation. * After gastric cancer surgery, they start sips of water on postoperative first day, and they are discharged once they exhibit at least three times soft diet without specific complaint and had normal clinical status and physical examination.