Hospital mortality and long-term survival in relation to preoperative function in elderly patients with bronchogenic carcinoma.
During an eight-year period, 82 patients 70 years of age or older were operated on for bronchogenic carcinoma. Hospital mortality was 15.9%, and five-year survival was 32%. Results of preoperative dynamic spirometry and bicycle ergometry were predictive for post-operative six-week mortality but not for long-term survival.
D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013147:Spirometry; D014797:Vital Capacity