Clinical analysis on anesthesia of laparoscopy-assisted surgery for elderly patients over 80 years
- VernacularTitle:老年患者腹腔镜辅助手术麻醉的临床分析
- Author:
Wenyong HAN
;
Shuiqing LI
;
Min LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
laparoscopy;
anesthesia;
aged;
intraoperative complications
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the general anesthesia for laparoscopy-assisted surgery in aged patients (≥80years). Methods The effects of general anesthesia in 39 patients who underwent laparoscopy-assisted surgery during the period from May 2000 to February 2007 were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients were 80 years old or above, with a mean of 83.3 years old. Among the patients 38 cases had systemic diseases, and some of them had more than one concomitant disease. The systemic diseases included diabetes mellitus in 6 cases, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease in 10 cases, hypertension in 18 cases, arrhythmia in 15 cases, cerebral vascular disease in 8 cases and anemia in 1 case. The laparoscopy-assisted surgery included cholecystectomy in 14 cases, radical resection for rectal cancer in 6 cases, for colon carcinoma in 8 cases, and for kidney cancer in 6 cases, and resection for colonic benign tumor, hernioplasty, gastro-jejunal anastomosis and fenestration of hepatic or renal cysts in 1 patient each. Results During the peri-narcosis period cerebral infarction occurred in 1 patient, and 20 patients were transferred to Intensity Care Unit. After operation 33 patients (84.6%) were cured and 6 patients (15.4%) had the illness condition improved. Conclusions The general anesthesia in laparoscopy-assisted surgery is safe and feasible for the elderly patients over 80 years old. The elderly patients may safely tide over the peri-narcosis period with good prognosis with effective control of complications and concomitant diseases. So the general anesthesia should not be categorically forbidden in laparoscopy-assisted surgery for the elderly patients with complications.
