Photographs are taken. The pathologists then take even more photographs for themselves. Postoperative Care Postoperative ward rounds took place every morning and started at 07.45 h exactly in the Hyperdependancy Unit. All the consultant surgeons and junior staff were present. Only patients with drains in situ were regularly seen by the consultant staff.
Japanese patients stay in hospital for some time after their operation.
They find it reassuring that in the convalescent phase of their recovery they will be close to the staff who know them and their operation well. In this respect Japanese patients remain in hospital for some weeks. I learned a great deal even in the short time that I was there. Mostly I learned that a lot of what I already knew was true. Gastric cancer is a curable disease.