Postoperative complications in elderly patients with gastric cancer

Autor: Satoshi Ishizone, Akira Suzuki, Takuji Tsuchiya, Shinichi Miyagawa, Fumiaki Shimizu, Shigeyoshi Kumeda, Daisuke Takeuchi, Naohiko Koide
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Surgical Research. 198:317-326
ISSN: 0022-4804
Popis: Background Elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy are expected to be at high risk of postoperative complications. This retrospective multicenter cohort study assessed complications and long-term outcomes after gastrectomy for gastric cancer (GC). Methods A total of 993 patients with GC who had undergone gastrectomy were included, comprising 186 elderly patients (age ≥ 80 y, E group) and 807 nonelderly patients (age ≤ 79 y, NE group). Preoperative comorbidities, operative results, postoperative complications, and clinical outcomes were compared between the groups. Results Clavien-Dindo grade ≥1 postoperative complications, pneumonia (P = 0.02), delirium (P
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