Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery I, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Oita 879-5593, Japan
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Open gastrectomy is associated with increased morbidity and a longer hospital stay than laparoscopically assisted gastrectomy. The aim of this study was to clarify the value of laparoscopically assisted distal gastrectomy (LDG) in the elderly, in whom co-morbid disease is generally more common.
Methods
Forty-five elderly patients (aged 70 years or more) and 57 younger patients who underwent LDG, and 28 elderly patients who underwent open distal gastrectomy (ODG) for early gastric cancer between January 1994 and April 2003 were studied. Demographics and postoperative outcomes were compared.
Results
Co-morbidity was more common in elderly patients than in younger patients who underwent LDG (25 of 45 versus 16 of 57; P = 0·004). The postoperative complication rate, time to solid diet and postoperative hospital stay were similar in these two groups. Elderly patients who underwent LDG had a significantly reduced medical complication rate (two of 45 versus six of 28; P = 0·023), time to first flatus (3·7 versus 4·2 days; P = 0·042), time to solid diet (4·6 versus 5·5 days; P = 0·011) and postoperative hospital stay (16·3 versus 23·9 days; P = 0·011) than elderly patients who had ODG.
Conclusion
LDG offers particular advantages to elderly patients with early gastric cancer, including rapid return of gastrointestinal function, fewer complications and a shorter hospital stay.
Funder
Grant-in-Acid for Cancer Research
Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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