Colorectal cancer in geriatric patients: Endoscopic diagnosis and surgical treatment

Table 1 Concomitant physical illnesses with high impact in patients older than 80 years and diagnosis of colorectal cancer (n = 88).

Concomitant physical illnesses	Prevalence	%
History of stroke	16	18
Congestive heart failure	14	16
Asthenia and malnutrition	11	13
Diabetes	10	11
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	7	8
Coronary artery disease	6	7
Other1	5	6

1Dementia, parkinson syndrome, liver cirrhosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, polycythemia vera.

Table 2 Comparison of concomitant physical illnesses with high impact in patients with and without surgical treatment.

Concomitant physical illnesses	Patients with surgery (%)	Patients without surgery (%)	Comparison (Chi-square)
History of stroke	9 (17)	7 (21)	ns
Congestive heart failure	7 (13)	7 (21)	ns
Asthenia and malnutrition	1 (2)	10 (29)	P<0.01
Diabetes	9 (17)	1 (3)	P<0.001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3 (6)	4 (12)	ns
Coronary artery disease	5 (9)	1 (3)	ns
Other1	0 (0)	5 (15)	P<0.01

1Dementia, parkinson syndrome, liver cirrhosis, aortic aneurysm, polycythemia vera.

Table 3 Postoperative complications in 54 patients.

Postoperative complications	Prevalence	%
Postoperative delirium	5	9
Pneumonia	4	7
Heart failure	2	4
Hemorrhagic stroke	1	2
Myocardial infarction	0	0
Pulmonary embolism	0	0
Repeated laparatomy	2	4
Impaired wound healing	9	17