title: [Thoracic surgery in advanced age].
abstract: From 1990 through 1992, 70 patients 70 years of age or older (mean 72.8 years) underwent surgery for lung cancer at our hospital (47 males/23 females). 68 patients took part in a follow-up. Operative treatment consisted of standard lung resections in 42 cases. 17 patients underwent enlarged resections. In the postoperative period, complications occurred in 32 cases (47%). The overall operative mortality rate of 13% was mainly due to concomitant cardiovascular diseases and enlarged lung resections. Critical preoperative evaluation of the patients' functional status and selection of the proper operative procedure promise a successful treatment of lung cancer in the elderly.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Thoraxchirurgie, Klinik Schillerhöhe, Gerlingen.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Froeschle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friedel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toomes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Thoraxchirurgie im höheren Lebensalter.