Are the elderly patient's changes in the health-related quality of life one year after gastrectomy for stomach cancer different from those in young patients?
Dong-Seok HanJaeil AhnHye Seong AhnPublished in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2020)
Elderly patients' global health status/quality of life and social functioning significantly decreased at postoperative 1 month and recovered by 6 months after gastrectomy. There was a significant age-specific difference in physical functioning throughout the 1-year follow-up. Surgeons need to pay more attention to recovery of the elderly patients' HRQoL after gastrectomy.
Keyphrases
- global health
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- middle aged
- ejection fraction
- papillary thyroid
- physical activity
- case report
- working memory
- peritoneal dialysis
- patients undergoing
- squamous cell carcinoma
- young adults
- squamous cell
- lymph node metastasis
- patient reported