[Assessment of surgery for patients older than 75 years of age with lung cancer].
We have studied the surgical outcome in 2 groups of patients: those older than 75 years of age (group A, n=56) and those younger than 74 years of age (group B, n=162). Operative and histological type were similar in both groups. Postoperative complication in group A were air leak lasting more than 7 days (23.2%) and empyema (7.1%). Hospital mortality for group A was 1.8%, and for group B was 1.2%. The overall long-term survival at 5 years was 71.4% for group A and 67.3% for group B, which showed no significant differences between 2 groups. We concluded that elderly patients can undergo surgical treatment with an expectation of operative outcome similar to younger patients. Patients should not be denied operation on the basis of age alone.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka, Japan.
Yasumi
Y
Maze
Hironori
H
Tenpaku
Tomoaki
T
Sato
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate