title: [Surgical treatment of cancer of the stomach in patients over 70 years].
abstract: Surgical treatment was performed in 322 patients over 70 years with cancer of the stomach. Radical operation was made in 220 (68.3%) patients: subtotal distal resection -- in 137, subtotal proximal resection -- in 18, gastrectomy -- in 55, extirpation of the gastric stump -- in 10. Symptomatic and test surgeries were performed in 102 (31.7%) patients. Postoperative complications were seen in 16,1+/-2,1% cases, lethality was 6.8+/-1.4%. Complications after radical resections were seen in 16.4+/-2.5% patients, lethality was 5.0+/-1.5%. The rate of purulent complications was maximal (8.4%). Cardiovascular complications and coagulopathies (4.7%) were the main causes of lethal outcome (in 11 of 15 patients). Score scale of assessment of postoperative risk was developed. Five-years survival in stage I cancer of the stomach was 62.8%, stage II -- 42.6%, III -- 16.7%. Immediate and long-term results demonstrate necessity of radical surgical treatment of patients with cancer of the stomach over 70 years depending on the disease stage and risk factors.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Chkhikvadze
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sdvizhkov
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Makarova
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abramovich
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Irov
authors.forename: Iu P
authors.initials: IuP
authors.lastname: Antipov
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome