Feasibility of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients: a case-control study.

Nobuhiro TsuchiyaChikara KunisakiSho SatoYusaku TanakaKei SatoJun WatanabeKazuhisa TakedaTakashi KosakaHirotoshi AkiyamaItaru Endo

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)

As SIS and severe postoperative complications lead to poor prognosis after R0 esophagectomy in elderly patients, selecting appropriate patients for esophagectomy and preventing severe postoperative complications is essential.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
long non coding rna
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
robot assisted
early onset
patient reported outcomes