title: [Oncologic surgery in advanced age: results in colorectal carcinoma].
abstract: Over a period of 20 years (1974-1993) 2489 patients under 70 years of age and 1032 patients of at least 70 years of age underwent curative colorectal carcinoma resection. The older patient group was characterized by a significant increase in physical handicaps, concomitant diseases and preoperative complications leading to a rise in postoperative mortality to 7.4% (patients under 70 years of age: 3.0%). Age-corrected 10-years survival rates demonstrate that after a non-complicated postoperative course long term prognosis is excellent even in advanced age.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hohenberger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Onkologische Chirurgie im höheren Lebensalter: Ergebnisse beim kolorektalen Karzinom.