1.The clinical features and surgical complications of elderly gastric carcinoma cases
Yingbin LIU ; Weilong CAI ; Yong WANG ; Xuan WANG ; Xiaoming MA ; Ying KONG ; Yan CHEN ; Kr DEVKOTA ; Jianwei WANG ; Jiangtao LI ; Zhe TANG ; Heqing FANG ; Shuyou PENG
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2008;23(10):777-780
Objective To study the clinical features and postoperative complications for gastric carcinoma in the patients older than 65 years. Methods From January 2005 to January 2007, 65 elderly gastric carcinoma cases underwent surgical resection, the age related preoperative and postoperative complications were analyzed. Result The incidence of preoperative complications in elderly gastriccarc inoma patients is 83%, compared with younger group of 59%; Preoperatively, 52% elderly cases presented with two or more complications. The incidence of hypertension was the highest (40%), the radical curative rate for the elderly group was 86% as compared with younger group of 93%. The postoperative complications in elderly group was 37%. In elderly cases, postoperative complications were common in those suffering from preoperative complications such as hypertension, diabetes, respiratory diseases, anaemia, hypoalbuminemia. Conclusion The age itself is not a single influential factors indicating postoperative complications. There was no significant difference in the morbidity and mortality between elderly and younger gastric carcinoma cases undergoing a surgery.
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