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  • Title: [Surgical treatment of cancer of the stomach in patients over 70 years].
    Author: Chkhikvadze VD, Sdvizhkov AM, Makarova EE, Abramovich SA, Irov NN, Antipov IuP.
    Journal: Khirurgiia (Mosk); 2005; (2):25-8. PubMed ID: 15798725.
    Abstract:
    Surgical treatment was performed in 322 patients over 70 years with cancer of the stomach. Radical operation was made in 220 (68.3%) patients: subtotal distal resection -- in 137, subtotal proximal resection -- in 18, gastrectomy -- in 55, extirpation of the gastric stump -- in 10. Symptomatic and test surgeries were performed in 102 (31.7%) patients. Postoperative complications were seen in 16,1+/-2,1% cases, lethality was 6.8+/-1.4%. Complications after radical resections were seen in 16.4+/-2.5% patients, lethality was 5.0+/-1.5%. The rate of purulent complications was maximal (8.4%). Cardiovascular complications and coagulopathies (4.7%) were the main causes of lethal outcome (in 11 of 15 patients). Score scale of assessment of postoperative risk was developed. Five-years survival in stage I cancer of the stomach was 62.8%, stage II -- 42.6%, III -- 16.7%. Immediate and long-term results demonstrate necessity of radical surgical treatment of patients with cancer of the stomach over 70 years depending on the disease stage and risk factors.
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