Efficacy of laparoscopic resection in elderly patients with colorectal cancer

Autor: Yoshio Akashi, Shinichiro Ryu, Akira Miyoshi, Naoki Mochidome, Yoshihiro Miyasaka, Kiichiro Kobayashi
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Surgery today. 44(10)
ISSN: 1436-2813
Popis: The perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic colorectal surgery in elderly patients were compared with those of open surgery in elderly patients and those of laparoscopic surgery in nonelderly patients to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of laparoscopic surgery in elderly patients with colorectal cancer. The data of the patients who underwent surgical resection for colorectal cancer between January 2007 and September 2012 were retrospectively collected. The clinical backgrounds and outcomes of elderly patients (≥70 years of age) who underwent laparoscopic surgery (EL group) were compared with those of elderly patients who underwent open surgery (EO group) and those of nonelderly patients (
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