Abstract：
:Open gastric surgery in elderly patients is associated with higher morbidity and mortality rates than those reported among younger individuals. Therefore, minimally invasive surgery may have a larger impact on the elderly compared to the younger age group. The objective of this study was to evaluate the experience of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) in patients with early gastric cancer and compare the results in patients 70 years of age and older to those in patients younger than 70 years of age. From January 1998 to October 2004, a total of 103 patients underwent LADG. Of these patients, 30 who were older than 70 years were compared with 73 who were younger. Preoperative co-morbidity, operative results, postoperative outcomes, and survival were analyzed. Furthermore, as a standard control of this study, we reviewed 54 distal gastrectomy cases with open surgery (open distal gastrectomy; ODG) in the same term with the same background factors, categorized into elder (n = 16) and younger (n = 38). The mean age of the elderly patients was 75 years in the LADG group. A significantly higher proportion of elderly patients had concurrent diseases in both groups. Blood loss was significantly less in the elderly than in younger patients undergoing LADG, and it was less in the LADG group than in the ODG group. The overall 5-year survival rates in the LADG group were not significantly different between elderly and younger patients. Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy is a safe and effective treatment for early gastric cancer in the elderly. Therefore, chronological age alone should not be considered a contraindication in selecting patients for LADG.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Mochiki E,Ohno T,Kamiyama Y,Aihara R,Nakabayashi T,Asao T,Kuwano Hdoi
10.1007/s00268-005-0208-5keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2005-12-01 00:00:00pages
1585-91issue
12eissn
0364-2313issn
1432-2323journal_volume
29pub_type
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