Benefits of Minimal Access Surgery in Elderly Patients with Pelvic Cancer

Cancers

Vincent Lavoué²  Walter Gotlieb¹ 

[1]Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Segal Cancer Center, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, CanadaService de chirurgie gynécologique, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Rennes, Hôpital Sud, 16 Bd de Bulgarie, 35000 Rennes, France

关键词: robotic surgery;    minimal invasive surgery;    cancer;    elderly;   

DOI  :  10.3390/cancers8010012

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

An increasing proportion of patients requiring treatment for malignancy are elderly, which has created new challenges for oncologic surgeons. Aging is associated with an increasing prevalence of frailty and comorbidities that may affect the outcome of surgical procedures. By decreasing complications and shortening length of hospital stay without affecting oncologic safety, surgery performed using the robot, rather than traditional laparotomy, improves the chances of a better outcome in our growing elderly populations. In addition to age, surgeons should take into account factors, such as frailty and comorbidities that correlate with outcome.

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