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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 1, 2004; 10(13): 1995-1997
Published online Jul 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i13.1995
Published online Jul 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i13.1995
Clinicopathologic | Younger group | Older group | P value |
Features | (< 65 yr) | (≥ 65 yr) | |
Age (median) | 52 | 69 | |
Gender (n) | 0.21421 | ||
Male | 87 | 63 | |
Female | 41 | 20 | |
Diagnosis (n) | 0.11052 | ||
Liver | |||
Hepatic carcinoma | 45 | 31 | |
Others | 3 | 7 | |
Stomach | |||
Gastric carcinoma | 37 | 30 | |
Others | 2 | 1 | |
Pancrea | |||
Pancreatic carcinoma | 15 | 4 | |
Periampullary carcinoma | 23 | 8 | |
Others | 3 | 2 | |
Serum albumin | 3.84 ± 0.46 | 3.65 ± 0.50 | 0.00453 |
(mean ± SD, g/dL) | |||
Hemoglobin | 12.05 ± 2.39 | 11.16 ± 2.33 | 0.00823 |
(mean ± SD, g/dL) | |||
Stage of primary cancer (n) | 0.56581 | ||
I | 18 | 12 | |
II | 32 | 13 | |
III | 53 | 34 | |
IV | 17 | 13 | |
Comorbidity | 15.6% (20/128) | 48.2% (40/83) | < 0.00011 |
Therapeutic characteristics | Younger group (< 65 yr) | Older group (≥ 65 yr) | P value |
Operative procedures | 0.17081 | ||
Hepatectomy ≤ 2 segments | 26 | 23 | |
Hepatectomy > 2 segments | 22 | 15 | |
Gastrectomy-total/proximal | 13 | 11 | |
Gastrectomy-distal | 26 | 20 | |
Pancreatoduodenectomy | 41 | 14 | |
Operative blood loss (median, mL) | 500 (100-20000) | 500 (50-3500) | 0.64803 |
Operative blood transfusion (median, units) | 2 (0-36) | 2 (0-13) | 0.33953 |
Rate of complications | 20.3% (26/128) | 22.9% (19/83) | 0.65501 |
Reoperative rate | 2.3% (3/128) | 2.4 % (2/83) | 1.00002 |
Perioperative mortality (within 30 d) | 1.6% (2/128) | 2.4 (2/83) | 0.64702 |
Hospital length of stay (median, d) | 21 (4-128) | 24 (8-147) | 0.02414 |
Variables | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | P value |
Pancreatoduodenectomy | 3.7736 | 1.7699-8.0145 | 0.0006 |
Hepatectomy > 2 segments | 1.0858 | 1.0060-1.1834 | 0.0334 |
Comorbidity | 3.2787 | 1.5361-6.9930 | 0.0021 |
Age (as continuous variable) | 1.0173 | 0.9833-1.0537 | 0.3172 |
- Citation: Wu YL, Yu JX, Xu B. Safe major abdominal operations: Hepatectomy, gastrectomy and pancreatoduodenectomy in elder patients. World J Gastroenterol 2004; 10(13): 1995-1997
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v10/i13/1995.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v10.i13.1995