Preoperative restrictive pulmonary dysfunction influences the survival after gastrectomy for elderly patients with gastric carcinoma.

Kotaro SugawaraHiroharu YamashitaSho YajimaYukari UemuraYasuhiro OkumuraMasato NishidaKoichi YagiSusumu AikouYasuyuki Seto

Published in: Surgery today (2020)

Preoperative restrictive pulmonary dysfunction was independently associated with poor survival outcomes, especially when present in combination with sarcopenia, due to an increased risk of death from non-cancer-related causes.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
patients undergoing
oxidative stress
skeletal muscle
community dwelling