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- Title
Early outcomes of colon laparoscopic resection in the elderly patients compared with the younger.
- Authors
Bottino, Vincenzo; Esposito, Maria Grazia; Mottola, Arianna; Marte, Giampaolo; Di Maio, Vittorio; Sciascia, Valerio; Nunziante, Marco; Fregola, Giovanni; Cuzzovaglia, Salvatore; Galante, Francesco; Andreoli, Federica; Breglia, Alfredo; Giuliano, Maria Elena; Papaleo, Domenico; Della Rocca, Paola; Maida, Pietro
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The aim of this study was to define any benefits in terms of early outcome for laparoscopic colectomy in patients over 75 years old (OP) compared with the outcomes of a younger populations (YP).<bold>Methods: </bold>Forty elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy for colorectal cancer between 2007-2011 were studied, the patients are divided for gender, age, year of surgery, site of cancer, and comorbidity on admission and compared with 40 younger patients.<bold>Results and Discussion: </bold>Mean (standard deviation) age was 81.3 in OP and 68.3 YP Conversion rate was the same between the two groups. There was no difference in operative mean time . The overall mortality rate was 0% percent. The surgical morbidity rate was the same but there was an increased in cardiologic e bronchopneumonia complications in older population. Patients treated with laparoscopic approach had a faster recovery of bowel function and a significant reduction of the mean length of hospital stay not age related. Laparoscopy allowed a better preservation of postoperative independence status.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer in elderly patients is safe and beneficial including preservation of postoperative independence and a reduction of length of hospital stay.
- Publication
BMC Surgery, 2012, Vol 12, pS8
- ISSN
1471-2482
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S8