The association of postoperative morbidity and age on 5-year survival after colorectal surgery in the elderly population: a nationwide cohort study.
Ilze OseAndreas Weinberger RosenKaroline BräunerEmilie Barbara Palmgren ColovMathilde Glud ChristensenMaliha MashkoorRasmus Peuliche VogelsangIsmail GögenurRasmus Dahlin BojesenPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2024)
Postoperative morbidity, and not patient age, was associated with a lower 5-year OS. Long-term survival for patients who experience a complication is similar to patients who did not have a complication when conditioning on 90 days of survival.