Elderly patients had more severe postoperative complications after pancreatic resection : A retrospective analysis of 727 patients

AIM: To examine the impact of aging on the short-term outcomes following pancreatic resection (PR) in elderly patients.

METHODS: A retrospective cohort study using prospectively collected data was conducted at the China National Cancer Center. Consecutive patients who underwent PR from January 2004 to December 2015 were identified and included. 'Elderly patient' was defined as ones age 65 and above. Comorbidities, clinicopathology, perioperative variables, and postoperative morbidity and mortality were compared between the elderly and young patients. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using the Cox proportional hazard model for severe postoperative complications (grades IIIb-V).

RESULTS: A total of 454 (63.4%) patients were < 65-years-old and 273 (36.6%) patients were ≥ 65-years-old, respectively. Compared to patients < 65-years-old, elderly patients had worse American Society of Anesthesiologists scores (P = 0.007) and more comorbidities (62.6% vs 32.4%, P < 0.001). Elderly patients had more severe postoperative complications (16.8% vs 9.0%, P = 0.002) and higher postoperative mortality rates (5.5% vs 0.9%, P < 0.001). In the multivariate Cox proportional hazards model for severe postoperative complications, age ≥ 65 years [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.63; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.18-6.30], body mass index ≥ 24 kg/m2 (HR = 1.20, 95%CI: 1.07-5.89), pancreaticoduodenectomy (HR = 4.86, 95%CI: 1.20-8.31) and length of operation ≥ 241 min (HR = 2.97; 95%CI: 1.04-6.14) were significant (P = 0.010, P = 0.041, P = 0.017 and P = 0.012, respectively).

CONCLUSION: We found that aging is an independent risk factor for severe postoperative complications after PR. Our results might contribute to more informed decision-making for elderly patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

World journal of gastroenterology - 24(2018), 7 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 844-851

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Ying-Tai [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Fu-Hai [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Cheng-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Dong-Bing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ya-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Yan-Tao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aged
Journal Article
Mortality
Pancreatectomy
Pancreatic cancer
Postoperative complications

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Date Completed 28.08.2018

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3748/wjg.v24.i7.844

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM281258236