[Surgery of digestive system cancers in patients over 80 years of age]. / Chirurgie des cancers digestifs chez les patients de plus de 80 ans.
Helv Chir Acta
; 59(5-6): 767-9, 1993 Jun.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8376138
ABSTRACT
231 patients over 80 years old were operated at the Clinique de chirurgie digestive of Geneva University Hospital between 1981 and 1990 for a malignant tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. The following parameters were studied intra- and postoperative morbidity and mortality, duration and quality of survival. Surgery proved valid in this age group given its low mortality (15%). Postoperative morbidity (44%) did not prolong hospital stay, since 90% of all patients were discharged within one month of surgery. Following surgery, quality of life was excellent 75% of patients returned home, and 80% were better off than pre-operatively. Such operations provide better results in term of mortality and survival when performed on an elective basis and curatively.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Neoplasias Colorretais
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Adenocarcinoma
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Neoplasias Gastrointestinais
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article