Dismal prognosis of elderly gastric cancer patients who underwent gastrectomy with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 3.

Keiji NishibeppuShinichi SakuramotoKazuaki MatsuiGen EbaraShohei FujitaShiro FujihataShuichiro OyaSeigi LeeYutaka MiyawakiHirofumi SugitaHiroshi SatoKeishi Yamashita

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2022)

ASA3 has a dismal prognosis after curative gastrectomy in the elderly GC patients, but the number of survivors was confirmed. Curative gastrectomy is not considered contraindicated even in elderly GC with ASA3. Preoperative malnutrition is associated with PCs, which proposing preoperative nutritional intervention in the context of treatment strategy for the elderly GC patients with ASA3.

Keyphrases

middle aged
community dwelling
prognostic factors
end stage renal disease
patients undergoing
randomized controlled trial
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
gas chromatography
rectal cancer
young adults
mass spectrometry
patient reported
combination therapy
solid phase extraction