%0 Journal Article
%T Resultados precoces de la cirug¨ªa electiva del c¨¢ncer de colon en mayores de 75 a£¿os
%A Barrera E
%A Alejandro
%A Bannura C
%A Guillermo
%A Illanes F
%A Felipe
%A Esperguel G
%A Carlos
%A Melo L
%A Carlos
%J Revista chilena de cirug¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-40262012000100010
%X background: colon cancer is more common in older people, who can behave differently than their younger counterparts after colorectal surgery. aim: to report the early results of surgery for colorectal cancer among patients aged 75 years or more. material and methods: prospective analysis of 161 patients whose age ranged from 75 to 92 years (61% females), operated for a colorectal cancer between 1991 and 2010. results: sixty six percent of patients had tumors located in the right colon. karnofsky index was below 70% in 75 of participants. sixty seven patients (38%) had one or more postoperative complication. the rate of anastomosis dehiscence was 2%. mean hospital stay was 10 days. one patient died. conclusions: colorectal surgery can be safely performed in subjects older than 75 years, provided that an adequate preoperative assessment is performed and patients are carefully selected.
%K colorectal cancer
%K colorectal surgery
%K elderly.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-40262012000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en