Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy in Elderly Patients.

Su Mi KimHo Geun YounJi Yeong AnYoon Young ChoiSung Hoon NohSeung Jong OhTae Sung SohnSung Kim

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)

Although elderly patients over 80 years had a high incidence of comorbidity, gastric cancer surgery can be safely performed. The laparoscopic approach might be feasible for open surgery in improving quality of life in these patients, given a faster postoperative intestinal recovery period, with similar risk for postoperative complications.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
robot assisted
end stage renal disease
coronary artery bypass
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
patients undergoing
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
prognostic factors
surgical site infection