title: [Lung surgery in elderly patients, a retrospective study (1985-1994)].
abstract: From 1985 to 1994, we performed 4568 thoracic operations, 234 of these patients (176 males, 58 females) were older than 70 years of age; the oldest patient was 82 years. Of these 234 patients, 144 suffered from bronchial carcinornas, 25 from lung metastases, 21 from recurrent pneumothoraces, 12 from thymomas, 21 from tuberculomas, hamartomas, an intrathoracic goiter or mesothelioma; in 11 patients, diagnostic thoracotomias or biopsies had been done. We did 146 anatomical resections, 59 atypical wedge resections, 14 decortications, pleurectomies, thymectomies or exstirpations of mediastinal tumors; in addition, three resections of an intrathoracic goiter were done. The hospital lethality was 3.8%, the total rate of complications 56%, mostly cardiac arrhythmias. The survival rate of the patients suffering from a bronchial carcinoma was the same as in younger patients.
authors.affiliation: Lungenklinik Hemer.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Achatzy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kutzner
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Macha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Lungenchirurgie im Senium, eine retrospektive Studie (1985-1994).