title: Outcomes of endoscopic papillectomy in elderly patients with ampullary adenoma or early carcinoma.
abstract: Outcomes for 14 elderly (age ≥ 70 years) patients (79.4 ± 1.0 years) who underwent endoscopic papillectomy for ampullary tumors were compared with those of 22 younger (age < 70 years) patients (52.5 ± 1.9 years). There were no differences in procedural success (100%), bleeding (5/14 vs. 6/22), adenoma recurrence (0/14 vs. 2/22) and median survival (24.0 vs. 25.5 months) between the elderly and younger patients. In younger patients, although adenoma recurrences (n=2) were managed endoscopically, invasive adenocarcinomas (n=3) were treated by pancreatoduodenectomy. All elderly patients with invasive (T2) tumors (n=5) were not surgically fit and underwent successful palliation with further endoscopic resection and stenting. Whilst all younger patients survived, five elderly patients died but three of these deaths were not cancer-related. Advanced age, therefore, did not adversely influence the outcomes of endoscopic papillectomy, suggesting it may be a treatment of choice for elderly patients with ampullary tumors or early cancer who are deemed unfit for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Endoscopy Services, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Binmoeller
mesh_terms: D000239:Adenoma, Acidophil / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome