Rectal cancer surgery in older people does not increase postoperative complications - a retrospective analysis

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Stefan Riss¹  Martina Mittlböck²  Katharina Kosma¹  Sarah Brus¹  Anton Stift¹  Jagdeep Singh¹ 

[1] Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria;Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

关键词: Postoperative complications;    Risk factors;    Older patients;    Rectal surgery;    Rectal cancer;   

Others  :  1147248
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-12-355

 received in 2014-08-25, accepted in 2014-11-06,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Rectal cancer surgery in the older population remains a highly controversial topic. The present study was designed to assess whether older patients had an increased risk for postoperative complications after rectal resection for malignancies.

Methods

Consecutive patients (n =627), who underwent rectal cancer resection at a single institution, were included in the study and analyzed retrospectively. Short-term complications were compared between patients ≥80 years (n =55) and <80 years (n =572). Additionally, predictive factors for postoperative complications were analyzed.

Results

The older aged group showed a significantly higher rate of co-morbidities compared to controls, in terms of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases (P =0.002, P =0.006). In older patients, a Hartmann’s procedure and transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) were performed most frequently (P <0.0001).

The overall complication rate was 39% (n =244) (medical: n =59 (9%), surgical: n =185 (30%)), including 24 (44%) complications in the older aged group (medical: n =6 (11%), surgical: n =18 (33%)). Notably, the incidence of surgical and medical complications showed no significant difference between patients and controls (P =0.58, P =0.69).

Neurological and cardiovascular disorders were associated with an increased risk for a eventful postoperative course in the older aged group (P =0.03, P =0.04).

Conclusions

Rectal cancer resection can be performed safely in selected older patients. Age itself should not be considered as a risk factor for postoperative complications.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Singh et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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