IS THE SURGICAL THERAPY OF BRONCHIAL-CARCINOMA JUSTIFIED IN PATIENTS AGED OVER 70 YEARS

Authors
PADBERG W ALTUNBAS A BUHR J SCHWEMMLE K
Citation
W. Padberg et al., IS THE SURGICAL THERAPY OF BRONCHIAL-CARCINOMA JUSTIFIED IN PATIENTS AGED OVER 70 YEARS, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 1996, pp. 847-850
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00238236
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
2
Pages
847 - 850
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-8236(1996):<847:ITSTOB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
It was the aim of this study to evaluate the results of surgical thera py in patients with bronchial carcinoma aged younger and older than 70 years. From 1985 to 1995, 130 patients older than 70 years (group 1) and 572 patients younger than 70 years (group 2) underwent thoracotomy for bronchial carcinoma. Th, 5-year survival rate was significantly w orse in the older group (25%) as compared to group 2 (39%). Postoperat ive complications such as atelectases, pulmonary insufficiency and car diac problems were more frequent in group 1. Thirty-day mortality was almost double (9.2%) in the older group.