Pancreatic Surgery in the Older Population: A Single Institution's Experience over Two Decades.

摘要: Objectives. Surgery is the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer. However, present literature varies on outcomes of curative resection in elderly. The objective study was to evaluate age as an independent risk factor 90-day mortality and complications after resection. Methods. Nine hundred twenty-nine consecutive patients underwent 934 resections between March 1995 July 2014 a tertiary care center. Primary analyses focused terms postoperative these two groups. Results. Even though aged 75 years or older had significantly more morbidities compared with younger patient group, group not associated increased Discussion. suggests that alone should preclude from undergoing