title: Surgical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Liver Resection in Elderly Patients: A Comparative Study From a Single Center.
abstract: The life expectancy continues to gradually increase worldwide. Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) was recently reported to be a relatively safe procedure for treatment of liver disease because of the development of new techniques and instruments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the surgical outcomes of elderly patients who underwent LLR. Of these 61 patients who underwent LLR in our institute from January 2010 through April 2014, 21 were aged 75 years and above (group E), and 40 were aged below 75 years (group NE). Patient characteristics were retrospectively analyzed between the 2 groups. The results showed that patient characteristics were similar between the 2 groups, although the incidence of hypertension was significantly greater among patients in group E. There were no significant differences in the incidence of postoperative complications or length of hospital stay between the 2 groups. In conclusion, LLR for elderly patients was a feasible procedure compared with nonelderly patients.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University Faculty of Medicine †Oita University, Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwashita
authors.forename: Kiminori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hiroomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yada
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inomata
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome