Clinical features and surgical strategy for the senile patients with cardiac cancer
- VernacularTitle:高龄贲门癌患者的临床特点及外科治疗的探讨
- Author:
Bin LIU
;
Dongfeng YU
;
Jiacong CHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Stomach neoplasms;
Gastrectomy;
Aged
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Surgery
2001;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate rational surgical therapy for patients aged at 70 and up suffering from cardiac cancer. Methods 79 cases admitted from 1991 to 2000 were treated by transabdominal total gastrectomy with a radical resection rate of 73% and palliative resection rate of 19%. Results The average age was 74 6 years with a ratio of male to female of 4 6∶1. The average course of the disease was 3 1 months, and only 1 (2%) case got early diagnosis,while the misdiagnosis rate was 54%. Postoperative complication rate was 38%, mortality rate was 3%. Conclusions With the preoperative concurrent disease properly managed and the operation appropriately performed senile patients with cardiac cancer could also be managed successfuly as young patients .
