The comparison of prognoses between total and distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer in elderly patients ≥ 80 years old

Purpose In Japan, the number of distal gastrectomy for patients ≥ 80 years old is increasing, whereas that of total gastrectomy is decreasing. Surgeons seem to avoid total gastrectomy for elderly patients. Total gastrectomy is reported to have a poorer prognosis than distal gastrectomy, and postoperative pneumonia may be involved in the cause. Methods The medical records of 39 and 108 patients ≥ 80 years old who underwent total and distal gastrectomy, respectively, at 2 affiliated institutions between 2010 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Prognoses were compared between the two groups, focusing on death from pneumonia. Results The median overall survival time after total and distal gastrectomy was 21.3 and 74.1 months, respectively, with a significantly poorer prognosis after total gastrectomy than after distal gastrectomy (p < 0.01, hazard ratio [HR] 2.20, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.37–3.53). The gastric cancer-specific survival time was significantly worse after total gastrectomy than after distal gastrectomy (p < 0.01, HR 2.73, 95% CI 1.29–5.79). The pneumonia-specific survival time was also significantly worse after total gastrectomy than after distal gastrectomy (p = 0.01, HR 3.44, 95% CI 1.25–9.48). Conclusions Patients who underwent total gastrectomy had a poorer prognosis than those who underwent distal gastrectomy, because many patients died of pneumonia early after total gastrectomy..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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Surgery today - 53(2022), 5 vom: 23. Nov., Seite 569-577

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Endo, Shunji [VerfasserIn]
Yamatsuji, Tomoki [VerfasserIn]
Fujiwara, Yoshinori [VerfasserIn]
Higashida, Masaharu [VerfasserIn]
Kubota, Hisako [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Hironori [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Yoshitomo [VerfasserIn]
Okada, Toshimasa [VerfasserIn]
Yoshiatsu, Kazuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Ueno, Tomio [VerfasserIn]

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80 and over
Aged
Gastrectomy
Pneumonia
Stomach neoplasms

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10.1007/s00595-022-02599-0

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OLC2134494549