Valoración geriátrica integral: influencia en los resultados clínicos de la cirugía colorrectal en pacientes de edad muy avanzada / Comprehensive geriatric assessment: Influence on clinical results after colorectal surgery in advanced age patients

Introducción: El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar los resultados clínicos postoperatorios de los pacientes tratados quirúrgicamente por cáncer colorrectal en relación con los resultados de la valoración geriátrica integral preoperatoria. Métodos: Estudio observacional en el que se analizó la morbimortalidad postoperatoria a los 30 y 90 días en una cohorte de pacientes intervenidos por cáncer colorrectal según grupos de edad: grupo 1) edad entre 75 y 79 años; grupo 2) entre los 80 y los 84 años, y grupo 3) ≥85 años. Además de la evaluación del riesgo anestésico, se evaluó a los pacientes con los índices de Karnofsky, Barthel y Pfeiffer. Se analizó la mortalidad a los 30 y 90 días de la cirugía en relación con los resultados de la evaluación integral. Resultados: Se incluyeron 227 pacientes afectados de cáncer colorrectal en el periodo de estudio: 91 del grupo 1, 89 del grupo 2 y 47 del grupo 3. Hubo diferencias estadísticamente significativas en la mortalidad a los 30 días (p=0,029), pero no a los 90 días de la cirugía, según los grupos de edad. La mortalidad a los 90 días fue significativamente superior en los pacientes con peores puntuaciones en las escalas de Karnofsky y Barthel. Conclusiones: La valoración geriátrica integral mediante distintas escalas es una buena herramienta para evaluar la mortalidad postoperatoria en el postoperatorio a medio plazo.(AU)

Introduction: The objective of this work was to analyse the postoperative clinical results of patients surgically treated for colorectal cancer in relation to the results of the preoperative comprehensive geriatric evaluation. Methods: Observational study in which postoperative morbidity and mortality at 30 and 90 days were analysed in a cohort of patients surgically treated for colorectal cancer according to age groups: group 1) between 75 and 79 years old; group 2) between 80 and 84 years old, and group 3) ≥85 years old. In addition to the anaesthetic risk assessment, patients were assessed with the Karnofsky, Barthel and Pfeiffer indexes. Mortality at 30 and 90 days after surgery was analysed in relation to the results of the comprehensive evaluation. Results: A total of 227 patients with colorectal cancer were included in the study period: 91 in group 1, 89 in group 2 and 47 in group 3. There were statistically significant differences in mortality at 30 days (p=0,029) but not at 90 days after surgery, according to age groups. Mortality at 90 days was significantly higher in patients with worse scores on the Karnofsky and Barthel scales. Conclusions: Comprehensive geriatric assessment using different scales is a good tool to assess postoperative mortality in the mid-term postoperative period.(AU)

Preoperative Assessment of Geriatric Surgical Patients: Update on Clinical Scales Used for Elective General and Digestive Surgery.

BACKGROUND: Higher life expectancy in the general population entails a growing interest in the surgical management of diseases affecting elderly patients. Preoperative assessment when planning surgery needs to carefully evaluate physical and functional status of the patient. This review aims to describe the most commonly used scales in the evaluation of elderly patients scheduled for surgery and provides a useful tool to decide the scales that would be better to assess these specific patients. METHODS: According to the PRISMA statement of publications published, we have carried out a systematic review focused on elderly patients who underwent surgical procedures in General and Surgery. Using Medline, Embase, and Cochrane library, a systematic search of the literature from 1992 to 2018 was performed. This enabled us to retrieve information from the selected articles on scales to evaluate medical fitness, functional status, or both, in the elderly or frail patients. RESULTS: We reviewed 102 articles and selected the most frequently used assessment scales or indexes. After this extensive analysis, we selected 4 functional scales (Katz Index, Barthel Scale, Karnofsky Performance Score, and Vulnerable Elders Survey), 4 clinical scales (American Society of Anaesthesiologists Index, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Pfeiffer Test, and Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity Scale) and finally, 2 mixed scales (American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator and Edmonton Frail Scale). CONCLUSIONS: No consensus on the use of a unified assessment scale for elderly patients exists. However, with this review, we provide a brief guideline about the most useful and used scales to perform a comprehensive assessment of geriatric patients undergoing surgery.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment: Influence on clinical results after colorectal surgery in advanced age patients. / Valoración geriátrica integral: influencia en los resultados clínicos de la cirugía colorrectal en pacientes de edad muy avanzada.

INTRODUCTION: The objective of this work was to analyse the postoperative clinical results of patients surgically treated for colorectal cancer in relation to the results of the preoperative comprehensive geriatric evaluation. METHODS: Observational study in which postoperative morbidity and mortality at 30 and 90 days were analysed in a cohort of patients surgically treated for colorectal cancer according to age groups: group 1) between 75 and 79 years old; group 2) between 80 and 84 years old, and group 3) ≥85 years old. In addition to the anaesthetic risk assessment, patients were assessed with the Karnofsky, Barthel and Pfeiffer indexes. Mortality at 30 and 90 days after surgery was analysed in relation to the results of the comprehensive evaluation. RESULTS: A total of 227 patients with colorectal cancer were included in the study period: 91 in group 1, 89 in group 2 and 47 in group 3. There were statistically significant differences in mortality at 30 days (p=0,029) but not at 90 days after surgery, according to age groups. Mortality at 90 days was significantly higher in patients with worse scores on the Karnofsky and Barthel scales. CONCLUSIONS: Comprehensive geriatric assessment using different scales is a good tool to assess postoperative mortality in the mid-term postoperative period.